DUBAI - Emirates and CAE mark their ten partnership, the business formed in the UAE, Emirates CAE Flight Training (ECFT) had an investment by the two companies of over $260 million.

Emirates formed a venture in 2002 to set up and manage a flight training facility.The training center was approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

The business has grown from its beginnings in a small premises in the Dubai Airport free-zone with two training full-flight simulators (FFS), now housed in a training center adjacent to the Emirates Aviation College in Garhoud, Dubai the center today has 13 bays which provide training for Airbus, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Gulfstream and Hawker Beechcraft aircraft types.

With 200 commercial airlines, aviation firms, business aircraft and helicopter operators train 10,000 pilots and technicians a year, 30 percent trainee intake from Europe and the remainder from Asia and Africa.

ECFT works with over 20 different aviation authorities to comply with specific requirements.

Emirates and CAE have announced the launch of a new training center at Dubai’s Silicon Oasis, expected before mid 2013.