CRJ cockpit

Bombardier Aerospace has selected CAE as the company’s authorised training provider (ATP) for its entire family of CRJ regional aircraft, including CRJ100/200, CRJ700 NextGen, CRJ900 NextGen and CRJ1000 NextGen.

Under the ATP agreement, CAE instructors will provide CRJ aircraft flight training courses at locations worldwide.

Bombardier and CAE have already started working together to support the training needs of all of the aircraft maker’s CRJ Series family aircraft operators.

Bombardier Aerospace aircraft training general manager Leon Botteron said: "Working together with CAE allows our customers to have increased flexibility for their long-term training requirements around the world with convenient access to a Bombardier-designed training experience."

CAE currently operates ten CRJ aircraft full-flight simulators (FFSs) in eight cities of its global training network that includes Charlotte, Minneapolis, Phoenix, in the US; Copenhagen, Denmark; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Madrid, Spain; Toronto and Montréal in Canada.

Bombardier operators and CAE have been working on several projects for more than 20 years.

Commenting on the new agreement, CAE group president of civil simulation products, training and services Nick Leontidis said: "Our new appointment as CRJ authorised training provider will now add even greater flexibility to Bombardier in serving its customers with worldwide state-of-the-art training."

To date, Bombardier has received firm orders for 1,814 CRJ Series jets. CRJ Series aircraft are being operated by more than 60 airlines worldwide, with in excess of 30 customers operating corporate variants of the aircraft.


Image: Bombardier CRJ cockpit. Photo: courtesy of Dmitry Denisenkov.

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