CAE Awarded Contracts for 4 FFSs Valued C$52 M

- Lufthansa Flight Training orders one Airbus A320 FFS and one Boeing 747-8
- Xiamen Airlines orders two Boeing 737-800 FFS

(Montreal, February 28, 2008) -- CAE has signed contracts to design and manufacture four full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated CAE Simfinity(tm) training devices valued at C$52 million at list prices. The contracts are with Lufthansa Flight Training and Xiamen Airlines and bring the total FFS sales that CAE has announced year to date in fiscal 2008 to 35.

Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH (LFT) has ordered a CAE 5000 Series Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) and a CAE 7000 Series Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental FFS. China-based Xiamen Airlines has ordered two CAE 7000 Series Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulators (FFSs) along with a suite of CAE Simfinity(tm) training devices.

"We are delighted that Lufthansa Flight Training and Xiamen Airlines have placed their trust and confidence in CAE as the industry's premier provider of true fidelity simulation equipment to support pilot training programs," said Marc Parent, CAE's Group President, Simulation Products and Military Training & Services.

Lufthansa Flight Training

The CAE 5000 Series A320 FFS for LFT will be delivered this summer to LFT's training centre in Frankfurt, Germany and will be used for jet orientation training of Lufthansa's student pilots as well as for third-party training programs. The simulator will feature the CAE True(tm) electric motion system and CAE Tropos(tm)-6000 visual system. In addition, LFT will also receive the CAE True(tm) Airport service with their CAE 5000 Series A320 FFS. CAE True Airport is a new subscription-based service designed to keep customers' visual databases current with constantly changing airport environments. The CAE True Airport service offers airlines and third-party training providers operating CAE visual systems concurrency of the airport scenes in the visual databases used for flight training.

The CAE 7000 Series Boeing 747-8I FFS for Lufthansa will be delivered in 2010 to LFT's training centre in Frankfurt. In addition, CAE will provide LFT with a Boeing 747-400 CAE Simfinity IPT, which can be reconfigured to the B747-8I configuration. LFT is the launch customer for the passenger version of the new Boeing 747-8I aircraft.

"CAE's market leadership in developing the prototype Boeing 747-8 simulators made them a clear choice for our future 747-8 training needs," said Florian Hamm, CEO of Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH. "CAE's 7000 Series B747-8 full-flight simulator will meet the specific Lufthansa training requirements and be available prior to this new aircraft entering service."

"CAE and LFT have a strong and valued business relationship, and we truly appreciate their continued input in our simulation product developments," said Parent. "We're particularly pleased that LFT has once again selected the new 5000 Series, as well as adding LFT to our list of customers for the prototype Boeing 747-8I passenger aircraft."

LFT has now ordered a total of 30 CAE flight simulators since 1980.

Xiamen Airlines

The two B737-800 FFSs for Xiamen Airlines will be delivered in 2009 to the airline's new training centre near the Gaoqi International Airport. The two B737-800 FFSs will feature the CAE True electric motion system and CAE's next-generation visual solution, which includes the CAE Tropos-6000 image generator and liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) projectors. The suite of training devices includes two CAE Simfinity(tm) B737-800 Integrated Procedures Trainers (IPT), a CAE Simfinity(tm) B737-800 and B757 Virtual Simulator (VSIM) and a CAE Simfinity(tm) Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) for the B737-800.

"CAE has a well-earned reputation for industry-leading simulation technology and quality which has played a key role in our success in the Chinese market," said Parent. "Our true-fidelity suite of simulation equipment will help Xiamen Airlines prepare its pilots to fly its growing fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft as the airline expands in the world's fastest-growing aviation market."

Source : CAE

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