CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Douala

CAE Douala (formerly Sabena Flight Academy Africa) (CAE SFA-A) is an aviation school owned by Canadian group CAE^[2] (part of its CAE Global Academy), located at Douala, Cameroon. It was the first civil aviation university in the country.^[3]

CAE Douala

Other name	CAE SFA-A
Type	Aviation school
Established	2008 (2008)
Founders	Joseph Barla, Jean-Yves Kotto, Sabena Flight Academy[1]
Location	Douala , Cameroon 4°2′50.95″N 9°42′22.95″E
Campus	Douala
Affiliations	CAE, IAAPS
Website	www.cae.com/becomeapilot

Former subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy,^[4] the school trains airline pilots,^[5] flight attendants (preparation of the Certificat de formation à la sécurité) and flight dispatchers.^[6]

History

The school was created in 2008 by Joseph Barla, and Jean-Yves Kotto, as subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy,^[7] a Belgian school created in 1953. A few months later, following the absorption of Sabena Flight Academy by CAE, SFA-A become part of CAE Global Academy, renamed CAE Global Academy Douala.^[1]

Equipments

On its Douala campus, the school has three flight simulators : one FNPT2 calibrated like a Boeing 737-800, a second FNPT2 showing the Diamond DA42 and a FNPT1 dedicated to instrument flight rules training.^[1]