
CAE Announces Second pilot and aviation maintenance technician training centre in Sao Paulo

CAE announces that it has begun construction of a second training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil to provide additional training capacity for airline pilots and aviation maintenance technicians in Latin America. The facility will be near the Sao Paulo/Congonhas downtown airport and will be ready for training in 2012.
CAE currently offers training services at 35 locations worldwide for operators of commercial aircraft, business aircraft and civil helicopters. An additional nine previously announced training locations including Congonhas are in development.
CAE also announced that TAM Airlines, Brazil’s largest airline, will be the anchor customer for the new training centre. TAM and CAE have a long-term training services agreement. The new Congonhas facility is close to the airline headquarters.