A Long-Term Commitment to Aviation Training
WestJet and CAE announced that they are signing a 15-year training agreement.
According to the agreement, CAE will develop the Alberta Training Centre of Excellence for Aviation and Aerospace in Calgary, which is an aviation training facility.
WestJet is expected to be the major commercial airline customer and be the first to provide initial and recurrent training on Boeing 737MAX, 737NG, 787 Dreamliner and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft for pilots and cabin crew.
In addition, the centre is expected to have a partnership with Mount Royal University (MRU). The centre is expected to be the first facility in Canada to offer both state-of-the-art training equipment and collaborative research and development initiatives.
CAE is expected to take major roles across design, development, and ongoing operation of the centre.
On the other hand, MRU is expected to undertake the role as the primary post-secondary collaborator, to offer academic research expertise and supporting mentorship and career-integrated student learning opportunities in partnership with CAE and WestJet.
MRU and WestJet are expected to expose prospective professionals to commercial aviation through an Airline Transition Program (ATP). The MRU aviation students who take the program can be expected to gain combined speciality training from WestJet, with allocated simulator training time at the facility.
The construction is expected to begin later this year, and the centre is expected to open in 2028 with a size of 126,000 square feet.
There will be eight full-flight simulators, cabin trainers, and state-of-the-art digital learning tools situated in the centre.
Under this background, the Civil Aviation Flight and Operation Technology Forum 2025 will be held in November 20th -21th in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.
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