Airbus and CAE have celebrated the one-thousandth pilot trained by the flight training cooperation that the two companies first established three years ago. The pilot in question, Captain Kamel Djouadi of Qatar Airways, trained at Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) in Dubai, one of the 16 locations within the Airbus-CAE worldwide network of training centres.

A ceremony to grant Captain Djouadi a special certificate was held in conjunction with the 2005 Dubai Air Show today and attended Captain Nagi Absi, Airbus Chief Instructor at ECFT, and Jeff Roberts, CAE’s Group President, Civil Training and Services.

"Our customers' confidence in us is the absolute foundation of our business, and with the establishment of our cooperation with CAE we are able to provide the highest quality training on the most modern tools throughout the world,” said Captain Absi. “This ensures we maintain the high Airbus standards and our customers feel safe in the knowledge they are getting the best out of their training."

“We are delighted to celebrate CAE’s ongoing cooperation with Airbus,” said Mr. Roberts. "Our success demonstrates that our leadership in training brings value to our customers."

The Airbus-CAE cooperation comprises a global network of 16 training centres. Established in 2002, the cooperation operates the largest fleet of Airbus full-flight simulators in the world.

ECFT is jointly operated by Emirates and CAE under a long-term teaming agreement. Featuring the latest in training technology, the centre has become a showcase for a new Airbus flight crew transition course called Airbus Pilot Transition (APT).

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