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CAE scores four training contract extensions
Alerion, DC Aviation, Icon Aviation and Windsor Jet have been CAE customers for some time, and each has chosen to extend training agreements.
Read this story in our January 2019 printed issue.

Training provider CAE has signed contracts with a number of business operators worldwide, including Alerion, DC Aviation, Icon Aviation and Windsor Jet. “These agreements highlight our business aviation training solutions and illustrate our commitment to delivering the best training and customer experience to operators across our global network,” says group president of civil aviation Nick Leontidis. “We are excited to support our customers' growth and look forward to working with them long into the future.”

Alerion, a private jet charter and management company, has renewed its exclusive pilot training agreement with CAE for an additional two years on multiple aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream, Embraer and Hawker types. Pilots will continue training at CAE New Jersey Morristown and CAE Dallas. CAE has been Alerion's training partner of choice since 2016.

DC Aviation of Stuttgart, Germany, has also renewed its exclusive pilot training agreement with CAE for an additional three years on a range of types, including Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream. Pilots will continue initial type-rating and recurrent training at CAE Amsterdam, CAE Dubai - Emirates CAE Flight Training Centre, and CAE London Burgess Hill. DC Aviation GmbH has been CAE's training partner of choice since 2008.

Brazilian operator Icon Aviation has signed a two-year exclusive pilot training agreement with CAE for Beechcraft King Air B200, Bombardier Learjet40/45, Cessna Citation CJ3, Cessna Citation Excel/XLS, Citation Sovereign, Dassault Falcon 200EX EZII, Embraer Phenom 300-100, Embraer Legacy 600, Gulfstream G300, Gulfstream IV and Gulfstream G550 models. Earlier this autumn, more than 70 pilots began their initial type-rating training as well as their recurrent training at CAE New Jersey Morristown, CAE Dallas and CAE London Burgess Hill. Icon Aviation has been CAE's customer since 2017.

Windsor Jet in New Jersey and Dallas has renewed its agreement with CAE for another four years. CAE will continue to provide flight training on a number of platforms, including the Cessna Citation X, Gulfstream IV, Gulfstream V and Hawker 800XP. Starting in January 2019, training will be delivered across CAE's training network including CAE New Jersey Morristown and CAE Dallas. CAE has been Windsor Jet's training partner of choice for more than a decade.

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