Emirates and CAE sign deal for new 777 flight simulator

For Emirates, contact:
Frances Barton, Emirates' Corporate Communications;
Tel: (+9714) 203 2144; M: (+97150) 650 3900; visit :www.ekgroup.com/mediacentre

For CAE, contact:
Chris Stellwag, Director, Marketing Communications, Simulation Products and Military Training & Services, (813) 887-1242,
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The Emirates Group comprises Emirates Airline, Dnata, the largest travel services provider in the Middle East, and a number of other commercial companies. Emirates is the world's third most profitable airline and among the 20 largest. It is based in Dubai, one of the few cities in the world that pursues an open-skies policy, with more than one hundred airlines in free and fair competition.

The airline has experienced rapid and consistent growth, above 20 per cent a year on average and has been profitable for the last 19 consecutive years. Financially self-sustained and unprotected, Emirates carried 17.5 million passengers in the 2006-07 financial year - three million more than the year before - and declared a record net profit of Dhs3.5 billion (US$942 million). Total group revenue increased by an impressive 28.8 per cent, to Dhs31.3 billion (US$8.5 million) compared to Dhs24.2 billion (US$6.6 billion) the previous year.

Its 103 all wide-bodied fleet includes nine freighters and is among the youngest in the skies, with an average age of 63 months. The airline plans to more than double its size by 2012. Visit visit :www.ekgroup.com/mediacentre

CAE is a world leader in providing simulation and modelling technologies, and integrated training services to the civil aviation industry and defence forces around the globe. We design, manufacture and supply simulation equipment and offer training and services. This includes integrated modelling, simulation and training solutions for commercial airlines, business aircraft operators, aircraft manufacturers and military organizations and a global network of training centres for pilots, and in some instances, cabin crew and maintenance workers.

With annual revenues of over C$1 billion, CAE operates in 19 countries around the world. CAE has sold nearly 700 simulators and training devices to airlines, aircraft manufacturers, training centres and defence forces for air and ground purposes in more than 40 countries. We have over 100 full-flight simulators in more than 20 aviation training centres, serving approximately 3,500 airlines, aircraft operators and manufacturers across the globe. CAE licenses its simulation software to various market segments and has a professional services division assisting customers with a wide range of simulation-based needs. Visit www.cae.com

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