Cebu-CAE Philippine Academy For Aviation Training

CAE and Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, announced in 2011 a joint venture agreement to establish an aviation training center for airlines in the Asia Pacific region. The joint venture will also be responsible for type-rating training of Cebu pilots.

The Philippine Academy for Aviation Training, Inc. (PAAT) is expected to start operations in the third quarter of 2012 and will have the capacity to train over 2,500 pilots annually. It will be located in Clark Freeport Zone, northwest of the national capital of Manila.

The training center will initially cater to Airbus A319/320/321 series pilot type-rating training requirements and will provide “wet” instructor-led type-rating training for Cebu’s current and new-hire pilots. Initial, recurrent, conversion and jet indoctrination training will be available to other Airbus operators.