CAE Inc. has completed the acquisition of Sabre Corporation’s AirCentre airline operations portfolio for approximately $535 million (US$392.5 million).

CAE is a high technology company that offers digital solutions to improve the customer experience and revolutionize personnel training and operational support in a number of sectors, including in civil aviation.

AirCentre offers software solutions to more than 150 airline customers related to crew scheduling management, flight, airport and in-flight operations management.

Norton Rose Fulbright Montreal office, supported by a global Norton Rose Fulbright team, advised CAE Inc. with a team that included Peter Riddell, Mathieu Deschamps, Nikita Stepin, Derek Chiasson, Martin Masse, Justin Coddington, Michael Flamenbaum, David Gallai, Sun Hong, Ian Giles, Stefan Reisinger, Tim Schaper, Amanda Wait, Agnieszka Braciszewska, Andrew Eklund, Malgorzata Patocka, Pierre-François Tétreault, Julia Godolphin, Antonino Gentile, Stéfanie Thibert, Sean Cohen, Erika Woolgar, Juan Felipe Velasquez, Carolyn Webb and Wenqi Zheng.

Skadden acted as legal counsel to Sabre Corporation.