CAE signs agreement with AirAsia in the Philippines

CAE has signed a new five-year training agreement for AirAsia’s A320 pilots in the Philippines. The agreement extends the use of the CAE Rise training system to a third AirAsia affiliate. As part of this agreement, CAE will continue to provide initial training for the airline’s pilots and will soon undertake recurrent training at CAE Clark – Philippine Academy for Aviation Training (PAAT) in the Philippines, starting in July 2019.

“AirAsia has embarked on a mission to digitise every aspectof their business and by implementing the CAE Rise training system they are betterable to train and develop their pilots using real-time insights alongside a newlevel of training data analytics,” said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s group president,Civil Aviation Training Solutions.

The CAE Rise training system was launched in 2018 and enablesthe translation of simulator training data into valuable insights forinstructors and training managers. This new training system arms instructorswith the capability to provide objective assessments of pilot maneuvers inreal-time and can equip training managers with a new level of insights into theperformance of their entire pilot pool. The system augments instructors’capability to identify pilot proficiency gaps and evolve training programs tothe most advanced aviation safety standards including AQP, ATQP and EBTmethodologies.