Sandra Rouphael and Oleh Kaluzny from CAE with Jan Klas and Radovan Okenka of Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic.
Today, CAE and the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) announced their plans to partner in advancing and modernizing Air Navigation Services (ANS) training across Europe. This new initiative will bring together CAE’s global leadership in aviation training and ANS CR’s trusted operational expertise and renowned training excellence through the Czech Aviation Navigation Institute’s (CANI), to create a scalable, future-ready training ecosystem.
“The aviation industry is in a period of rapid growth and evolving demands, creating opportunities to rethink training capacity and workforce development,” said Marie-Christine Cloutier, CAE’s Vice President, Performance, Strategy and Marketing. “By joining forces with ANS CR, we are leveraging the expertise of two industry leaders to shape a new and innovative approach to ANS training. Our objective is to modernize and enhance accessibility to essential training infrastructures by leveraging CAE's European network to support Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) across Europe and around the world.”
“At ANS CR, we see this partnership with CAE as a transformative step for air navigation training in Europe. By combining our operational know-how and the proven excellence of CANI with CAE’s global training leadership and advanced digital capabilities, we are creating a modern, scalable training ecosystem that will strengthen the readiness of air traffic controllers. This plan to partner reflects our commitment to innovation and to ensuring that European and international ANSPs have access to the highest quality training solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow,” said Jan Klas, ANS CR CEO.
This initiative will address key industry challenges such as growing air traffic, evolving regulations, and workforce shortages, with a flexible training framework that uses advanced technology, regional training centres, and portable solutions.
With CANI’s dual EU and ICAO training alignment, this plan to partner is designed to be uniquely positioned to serve European customers while also supporting international partners seeking training within Europe. Integrating CANI’s methodologies with CAE’s advanced technologies, such as AI-driven adaptive learning and digital assessment, ANSPs will benefit from updated curricula, immersive training environments, and instructor development, creating a comprehensive ecosystem to enhance controller readiness and addressing the complexities of current and future airspace environments.
At CAE, we exist to make the world safer. We deliver cutting-edge training, simulation, and critical operations solutions to prepare aviation professionals and defense forces for the moments that matter. Every day, we empower pilots, cabin crew, maintenance technicians, airlines, business aviation operators, and defense and security personnel to perform at their best and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with approximately 13,000 employees at around 240 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. For nearly 80 years, CAE has been at the forefront of innovation, consistently seeking to set the standard by delivering excellence in high-fidelity flight simulators and training solutions, while embedding sustainability at the heart of everything we do. By harnessing technology and enhancing human performance, we strive to be the trusted partner in advancing safety and mission readiness—today and tomorrow
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ANS CR is a reliable, predictable part of civil aviation in the Czech Republic, whose further dynamic development it actively supports. At the same time, however, it is a confident component of the European integration and liberalization processes in the ATM environment, as part of which its total value and competitiveness will continue to rise. Company provides public aviation services to users of Czech airspace as well as Prague, Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary Airports.
The Czech Air Navigation Institute (CANI) is a modern fully-equipped ATM training institute with 40 years of industry and training experience. CANI is a business unit and an integral part of the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. Our strong customer focus, multi-national team of qualified instructors, deep domain knowledge and friendly staff make CANI the training provider of choice for many Air Navigation Service Providers from Europe and beyond.
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