{"id":184939,"date":"2026-04-21T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=184939"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:13:43","slug":"cae-pilot-training-center-in-brussels-faces-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/04\/21\/cae-pilot-training-center-in-brussels-faces-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"CAE pilootopleidingscentrum in Brussel dreigt te sluiten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De Canadese luchtvaartopleider CAE is van plan om zijn opleidingscentrum op Brussels Airport tegen het einde van dit jaar te sluiten. Dit meldt de zakenkrant De Tijd. Door een dalende vraag, verouderde simulators en structurele verliezen staan 22 van de 27 jobs op de tocht.<\/p>\n<p>CAE Brussels is de rechtstreekse opvolger van de historische Sabena Flight Academy, opgericht in 1953 als de Belgische burgerluchtvaartschool. Met de sluiting gaat een stukje Belgische luchtvaartgeschiedenis verloren.<\/p>\n<h4>Verliesgevend<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cOnze kosten zijn structureel te hoog in vergelijking met de inkomsten die we genereren\u201d, zegt het bedrijf, dat gevestigd is in Steenokkerzeel. De beslissing komt na jaren van teruglopende prestaties.<\/p>\n<p>Na het faillissement van Sabena in 2001 bleef de vliegschool actief, werd in 2004 verkocht aan voormalige managers van Sabena en werd uiteindelijk in 2008 overgenomen door de Canadese groep CAE - een van 's werelds grootste aanbieders van luchtvaartopleidingen.  Piloten van Brussels Airlines en TUI voltooien er hun typebevoegdverklaring of herhalingstraining, terwijl easyJet er ook regelmatig gebruik van maakt voor de theoretische fase van zijn cadettenprogramma.<\/p>\n<p>Terwijl de site in 2024 nog winstgevend was, draaide het onlangs weer met verlies en voor het huidige fiscale jaar wordt een nog groter tekort verwacht.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCAE Brussels opereert op beperkte schaal; op lange termijn is er niet langer voldoende vraag naar opleidingen op verschillende simulatoren, noch zijn er inkomstenperspectieven om de activiteiten op deze locatie te blijven ondersteunen\u201d, aldus De Tijd, die een intern document citeert.<\/p>\n<h4>Afnemende vraag naar opleidingen<\/h4>\n<p>Verschillende factoren dragen bij aan de dreigende sluiting. TUI fly, dat al opleidingsfaciliteiten heeft in Amsterdam en D\u00fcsseldorf, heeft zijn cadettenprogramma voor 2026 opgeschort, waardoor de vraag naar opleidingen sterk is gedaald.<\/p>\n<p>Tegelijkertijd opende Brussels Airlines in 2024 een gloednieuw opleidingscentrum in Vilvoorde in samenwerking met Lufthansa Aviation Training, waardoor het minder afhankelijk wordt van CAE Brussels. Plus: Brussels Airlines leidt haar cadetten al op via Skywings Flight Training, de grootste vliegschool in Deurne, Antwerpen, terwijl die vliegschool eind december ook alle touch-and-go vluchten (landen, even de grond raken en weer opstijgen) definitief naar Spanje verplaatste.<\/p>\n<p>Bovendien zijn moderne Level D simulators voor vliegtuigtypes zoals de A320, A330 en B737 duur om te upgraden, wat nauwelijks rendabel is voor een klein centrum als CAE Brussel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184955\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CAE_Brussels_cadets_simulator_training-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CAE_Brussels_cadets_simulator_training-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CAE_Brussels_cadets_simulator_training-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CAE_Brussels_cadets_simulator_training-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAE Brussel cadetten simulator opleiding \/CAE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Herstructurering van het Europese opleidingsnetwerk<\/h4>\n<p>Op 8 april startte CAE Brussel de wettelijke raadplegingsprocedure met zijn werknemers, een eerste stap in de richting van een mogelijke sluiting van zijn technische opleidingsactiviteiten in Brussel.<\/p>\n<p>Het nieuws komt als een verrassing voor de vakbonden, zegt Paul Blondeel van ACV-Metea. CAE benadrukt dat het de gevolgen tot een minimum wil beperken en dat werknemers kunnen solliciteren naar andere functies binnen de groep.<\/p>\n<p>CAE heeft ongeveer 13.000 mensen in dienst op zo'n 240 locaties in meer dan 40 landen. De belangrijkste strategische hubs in Europa zijn Amsterdam, Madrid, Frankfurt, Bordeaux, Milaan, Londen, Oslo, Praag, Athene en Kopenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>Net als Brussel staan de kantoren in Barcelona en Stockholm momenteel onder druk of maken ze deel uit van het herstructureringsplan om de effici\u00ebntie van het Europese netwerk te verhogen.<\/p>\n<p>Het bedrijf heeft zijn hoofdkantoor in Montreal en genereerde een omzet van meer dan 1,2 miljard dollar in het tweede kwartaal van het boekjaar 2026, met een orderboek van meer dan 19,6 miljard dollar.<\/p>\n<p>CAE schrapt wereldwijd ongeveer 280 banen - ongeveer 2% van het personeelsbestand - als reactie op de economische onzekerheid en problemen met de toeleveringsketen in de commerci\u00eble luchtvaartsector. CAE-topman Matthew Bromberg werd vorig jaar aangesteld met als doel de winst binnen drie tot vier jaar te verdubbelen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian aviation training provider CAE plans to close its training center at Brussels Airport by the end of this year. This is reported by the business newspaper De Tijd. Due to declining demand, outdated simulators, and structural losses, 22 of the 27 jobs are at risk. 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This is reported by the business newspaper De Tijd. Due to declining demand, outdated simulators, and structural losses, 22 of the 27 jobs are at risk. CAE Brussels is the direct successor to the historic Sabena Flight Academy, founded in 1953 as the Belgian civil aviation school. As the closure goes ahead, a piece of Belgian aviation history will be lost. Loss-making &#8220;Our costs are structurally too high compared to the revenue we generate,&#8221; says the company, which is based&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/aviation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Aviation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Luc Joris","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/author\/belga-5\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CAE pilot training center in Brussels faces closure - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/04\/21\/cae-pilot-training-center-in-brussels-faces-closure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAE pilot training center in Brussels faces closure - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian aviation training provider CAE plans to close its training center at Brussels Airport by the end of this year. 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