CAE & LFT Form Joint Venture

CAE and Lufthansa Flight Training have joined forces focused on providing pilot and cabin crew training for Bombardier's CSeries Aircraft. The joint venture operating under the name of Flight Training Alliance combines the operational expertise, profound instructor and courseware development know-how, technology leadership and global reach of two industry-leading partners. Flight Training Alliance has also been appointed by Bombardier as its exclusive Authorized Training Provider for CSeries aircraft worldwide.

Flight Training Alliance will deploy training programs in the LFT and CAE networks and will leverage the global networks, instructional delivery from both partners to support customer requirements. The first training program deployments will be ready for training prior to entry into service of the aircraft.

Bombardier will work with the joint venture to ensure that training programs are aligned to CSeries aircraft operators' requirements and that they have access to training programs where and when they need them in the marketplace. Bombardier and the joint venture will use the same training program courseware and curriculum to ensure consistency in quality and delivery across the network.