February 21, 2011 - Bombardier Aerospace announced that it has increased the capacity of its training network with the addition of a CAE-built Level D Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) in Dallas, Texas to serve the growing number of Challenger 605 business jet operators in the United States and worldwide. 

The new Challenger 605 aircraft simulator, located at Bombardier?s company-owned training facility at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada (TC) certification in late December 2010 and began customer training on January 5, 2011.  

Certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was obtained in mid-January 2011. The new simulator, ordered in January 2010, will supplement existing training offered at the company?s facility in Montr?al and effectively doubles the number of training opportunities for Challenger 605 business jet operators.

Bombardier is the only original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of business aircraft to provide pilot and maintenance training services for its customers. The company?s experienced instructors use state-of-the-art training programs and methods to impart first-hand knowledge to pilots and maintenance professionals at Bombardier-owned training centers in Montr?al and Dallas, as well as through CAE-authorized training provider facilities in the United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. To date, the company has trained over 80,000 customer pilots and technicians, who have collectively logged over two million simulator hours.