Flight training provider CAE is preparing to double its global network of business aviation training centers over the next two years. In a major vote of confidence in a business aviation recovery, the U.S.-based group recently added a new facility in Amsterdam. Next year, it plans to open centers in both Mexico and Brazil and by 2013 it will add another at a soon-to-be determined location in Asia.
The Mexican center, to be established in Toluca near Mexico City, will initially include Learjet 45 and Bell 412 simulators, while the site in São Paulo will begin operations with a convertible Embraer Phenom100/300 unit. The eventual location of the Asia facility has been narrowed down to three potential choices, according to Jeff Roberts, president of CAE’s civil simulation products, training and services group, who added that training for large-cabin such as Gulfstreams, Bombardier Globals and long-range Dassault Falcons would likely be among the programs offered there.
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