Cebu Pacific Air, CAE to Establish New Aviation Training Centre in Philippines

Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines’ national flag carrier, and Montreal-headquartered CAE announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to establish an aviation training centre for airlines in the Asia Pacific region. The joint venture will also be responsible for type-rating training of CEB pilots. The aviation academy is scheduled to start operations in the third quarter of 2012 in Clark Freeport Zone, northwest of Manila, and represents an approximate US $40-50 million joint investment. The joint venture will initially cater to Airbus A319/320/321 series pilot type-rating training requirements and will provide ‘wet’ instructor-led type-rating training for Cebu Air’s current and new-hire pilots. CAE provides simulation and modeling technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation industry and defense forces.