CAE to Open India Training Center

Canadian flight-simulator manufacturer CAE said it will establish an aviation training center in India. The center, which will be located near the Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli, will have the capacity to train up to 1,000 pilots a year. The center, which CAE said involves an initial investment of $20 million, will open by the end of calendar 2007. "Listening to our customers, we realized the strategic importance of opening a training center in India. The Indian aviation industry is growing rapidly and faces significant pilot shortages,"said Jeff Roberts, CAE's Group President, Innovation and Civil Training and Services. CAE said the training center will serve India-based airlines and the surrounding region. The center will be part of the CAE-Airbus cooperation and will initially offer pilot, cabin crew and maintenance training as well as flight operations support on the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737. The training center will also serve the needs of the CAE Global Academy, a new training alliance intended to address the global shortage of pilots. More