Emirates-CAE signs with Dubai Air Wing and Elite Jets

Notes and media contacts

Contact:
Frances Barton, Emirates' Corporate Communications.
Tel: (+9714) 203 2144, Mob: (+97150) 650 3900;
www.emirates.com

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) is located close to Dubai International Airport and is jointly operated under a long-term teaming agreement by the Emirates Group and CAE, the Montreal-based manufacturer of full-flight simulators and training provider. 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.

In addition to the Bell 412 helicopter and Hawker 800/800XP simulators, the 14-bay centre houses seven full-flight simulators: an Airbus A320/ACJ, an Airbus A330/340, two Boeing 737 NG/BBJs, a Gulfstream IV and a Gulfstream V.

Two more simulators - a Boeing 777 and an Airbus A320 - are due for installation shortly, which will bring the total number of simulators operated by ECFT to ten by the end of 2006.

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 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.

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.