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CAE Signs Training Deals with
Air Seoul and Korea Airports
Corporation
CAE has announced an exclusive 5-year
commercial aviation training contract with
Air Seoul and a new pilot training agreement
with Korea Airports Corporation (KAC).
CAE will support Air Seoul’s Airbus A320
training needs in the region and the South
Korean carrier’s pilots will commence their
A350 Component Support for China Airlines from Lufthansa Technik training on August 1, 2016 at the CAE Korea
Taiwanese carrier has contracted Lufthansa Technik could offer us the high level of Training Centre. The Canadian training
Technik for a long term Total Component performance and reliability that we are in services providers 5-year contract with
Support (TCS) contract, for the airline’s need of for the component support of our KAC complements a recently announced
new Airbus A350 fleet. Both companies new A350 fleet. We believe partnering with sale of the Cessna M2 full-flight simulator
already share an existing partnership as Lufthansa Technik is a win-win strategic (FFS) by CAE to the company. The future
Lufthansa Technik has been supporting move and will further strengthen the pilots will start training next year at
China Airlines’ A330 and A340 long-haul collaboration between China Airlines and CAE’s Korea Training Centre at Gimpo
fleets under a TCS contract since 2010. Lufthansa Technik,” said C.J. Huang, Senior airport, Korea. CAE will provide a number
According to the contract, the Hamburg/ Vice President at China Airlines. In addition of training services to support KAC’s new
Germany-based maintenance, repair and to providing maintenance, reliability jet training programme, as part of the
overhaul (MRO) Lufthansa Technik will monitoring, reliability enhancement agreement, under which up to 200 cadets
now be responsible for the component programs as well as logistic services, will be trained every year.
supply for China Airlines’ new Airbus A350 Lufthansa Technik will provide a worldwide
fleet. “After a long selection process we AOG support for China Airlines modern
came to the conclusion that Lufthansa wide body fleet. Rockwell Collins to Sell Satellite
Services in Brazil.
Rockwell Collins has announced that it has
Bombardier Business Aircraft Marks MRO Milestone been licensed to sell satellite services in
Bombardier Business Aircraft has Vice President, Aircraft Service Centres. Brazil, allowing it to deliver more aviation
announced the completion of over 75 “As the aircraft manufacturer, no other connectivity options, to Rockwell Collins’
120-month heavy inspections on its maintenance provider comes close to customers. “Passengers are demanding
Global business jets by its Service the level of expertise we have on this faster and more reliable in-flight internet
Centre Network. One of the largest aircraft or this inspection.” The Service service and this agreement provides our
maintenance events in an aircraft’s Centre Network delivers comprehensive business, commercial and government
lifecycle, the 120-month inspection on capabilities and flexibility to the customer, aviation operators with access to new
the Global business jet becomes due as well as on-site parts inventory and services from Rockwell Collins,” says David
during its tenth year of service. “This engineering support. Completion of Stanley, vice president, ARINCDirect Cabin
milestone demonstrates our experience, additional work during the downtime, Services for Rockwell Collins. Rockwell
our expertise, and most importantly, our such as paint, installation of in-flight Collins as a result of the global license,
ability to offer our customers peace of connectivity, avionics modifications or authorized by Anatel, will now have the
mind, particularly when faced with one interior refurbishment can also be done ability to sign distribution and service
of the most critical inspections in the to maximise the work done on the aircraft agreements with any satellite entities and
product’s lifecycle,” says Stan Younger, during the intensive maintenance work. customers operating in Brazil.

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