Emirates invests USD 135 million in new pilot training centre

Emirates will soon build an advanced training facility to accommodate 6 Full Flight Simulator Bays (FFS) for its future Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft. The brand new, 63,318 sq. ft. facility is slated to open in March 2024. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group, […]
Alaska Airlines plans to hire more than 3,500 employees in 2023

Alaska Airlines is announcing plans to hire more than 3,500 new employees this year in a variety of roles and functions. As we continue to grow and bring dozens of new airplanes into our fleet, we need thousands of people to join the Alaska family. From maintenance technicians to contact center agents, flight attendants to […]
Boeing Forecasts Demand for 2.1 Million New Commercial Aviation Personnel and Enhanced Training

Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] 2022 Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO) forecasts demand for 2.1 million new aviation personnel over the next 20 years to safely support the recovery in commercial air travel and meet rising long-term growth. The long-term forecast shows that 602,000 pilots, 610,000 maintenance technicians and 899,000 cabin crew members will be needed to […]
American Airlines Announces Pilot Cadet Scholarship in Honor of Elise Eberwein

American Airlines announced today the creation of the Elise Eberwein American Airlines Pilot Scholarship, a $1 million commitment over the next 10 years to further the airline’s extensive efforts to increase and diversify the pilot ranks. The scholarship launches later this year and honors Eberwein, American’s Executive Vice President of People and Global Engagement, who […]
Spirit Airlines Announces Additional Pilot & Flight Attendant Crew Bases in Miami & Atlanta

Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) announced the addition of new Pilot and Flight Attendant bases at Miami International Airport (MIA) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) for a total of nine crew bases across the network as the airline continues to add new planes and new airports. The crew bases are projected to initially open this […]
United Officially Opens Flight Academy And Welcomes Historic Inaugural Pilot Class

United, the only major U.S. airline to own a flight training school, officially opened United Aviate Academy and welcomed a historic inaugural class of future pilots, 80% of whom are women or people of color. United Aviate Academy is a key part of the airline’s goal to train about 5,000 new pilots at the school […]
Eurowings hires 750 new flight attendants and pilots

Eurowings is preparing for a strong travel season with backlog effects despite the current Omicron wave. Over the next twelve months, Germany’s largest leisure airline will fill around 750 new positions in the cockpits and cabins of its two AOCs, Eurowings Germany and Eurowings Europe. With this, Eurowings is systematically continuing the course it embarked […]
GoJet Airlines Joins United Airlines’ Innovative Aviate Pilot Development Program

GoJet Airlines today announced it is joining Aviate, United Airlines’ innovative pilot development program. Aviate provides those who aspire to a career as a United captain with the most direct route to achieving that goal. GoJet is proud to be a part of this innovative and transformative program for so many aspiring and current aviation […]
As Americans start traveling again, airlines revive pilot hiring plans

A rare sighting in the aviation industry over the past year is becoming more common: help wanted signs. Several U.S. airlines have recently resumed hiring pilots or plan to this year, the latest sign the industry expects travel demand to continue rising. Before the Covid pandemic hit, airlines were preparing for a wave of pilot […]
Delta Air Lines Bringing Back Inactive Pilots

Delta Air Lines announced plans to bring back all of the pilots currently on inactive status due to the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union said around 1,700 junior pilots who were still out of work would begin returning to service in […]