According to information gathered by CARNOC.com, China-based Xiamen Airlines has ordered two CAE 7000 Series Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulators (FFSs) along with a suite of CAE Simfinity training devices.

The two B737-800 FFSs for Xiamen Airlines will be delivered in 2009 to the airline's new training centre near the Gaoqi International Airport, sources told CARNOC.com. The two B737-800 FFSs will feature the CAE True electric motion system and CAE's next-generation visual solution, which includes the CAE Tropos-6000 image generator and liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) projectors.

Additionally, CARNOC.com was also being informed that the suite of training devices ordered by Xiamen Airlines includes two CAE Simfinity B737-800 Integrated Procedures Trainers (IPT), a CAE Simfinity B737-800 and B757 Virtual Simulator (VSIM) and a CAE Simfinity Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) for the B737-800.

Photograph: On Feb. 28, the official contract was signed by executives of Xiamen Airlines and CAE. Photo by CNR.cn.