India's SpiceJet becomes Emirates CAE Flight Training's newest customer

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Emirates-CAE Flight Training officially opened in December 2003, heralding a new era in aviation as the first pilot training facility in the Middle East to be qualified to both JAA and FAA standards.

The facility offers training to commercial airlines and corporate aircraft operators in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.

The three-storey, 80,000 square-foot facility is the result of an agreement signed in 2001 between Emirates and CAE, the Montreal-based manufacturer of full-flight simulators and training provider.

The Emirates Group comprises Emirates Airline, Dnata, the largest travel services provider in the Middle East, and a number of commercial relationships.

Emirates is the world's second 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 110 airlines in free and fair competition.

Emirates' 83 all wide-bodied fleet includes seven freighters and is among the youngest in the skies, with an average age of 55 months - over eight years less than the industry average. The airline plans to more than double its size by 2012 and currently has 132 aircraft on order, worth US$37.4 billion at list prices. Visit www.ekgroupcom

CAE is a leading provider of simulation and modelling technologies as well as integrated training services for commercial and business aviation, and defence customers worldwide. The company has annual revenues of approximately C$1 billion, with operations and training facilities in 17 countries on five continents. Visit www.cae.com.

For Emirates, contact:

Frances Barton, Emirates' Corporate Communications;
T: +9714 203 2144; M: +971 50 6503900

For CAE onsite, contact:

Marie-Helene Labrie, Director Marketing; M: 001 514 5738447

For CAE, contact:
Nathalie Bourque, Vice President, Global Communications, (514) 734-5788,

Anne von Finckenstein, Manager, Public Relations, (514) 340-5370,

Investor relations: Andrew Arnovitz, Director, Investor Relations, (514) 734-5760