The article focuses on the potential implications of a worsening global shortage of airline pilots for the aviation industry. About 19,000 pilots will have to be trained annually until 2026 to meet expected demand as airline fleets grow according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) ...
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Record Air Travel Demand (visit friends relatives, beach resorts, in-person business meetings) Rich and Famous purchasing their own Private Jets to avoid airport terminals Thousands of Airline Retirements Air Cargo / E-Commerce Growth / Supply Chain Disruptions have led to the largest Air Cargo Ex...
Record Air Travel Demand (visit friends relatives, beach resorts, in-person business meetings) Rich and Famous purchasing their own Private Jets to avoid airport terminals Thousands of Airline Retirements Air Cargo / E-Commerce Growth / Supply Chain Disruptions have led to the largest Air Cargo Ex...
1. Rapid Airline Expansion Fuels Demand for Pilots Airlines worldwide are expanding at an unprecedented pace, intensifying the shortage. In 2024 alone, Airbus delivered 766 commercial aircraft, with many allocated to European carriers. Each new aircraft requires multiple flight crews—typically ...
"Pilots salaries are higher than ever, and there's never been a better time to be a commercial airline pilot," Faye Malarkey Black, the President and CEO of the Regional Airline Association said in an interview with ABC News. "I will say we've made the grass on the other side of the...
The industry is also working with a small pool of potential candidates, given the limited number of male pilots. Only 8 of all US commercial airline pilots are women. In response, the industry is vely training female pilots.A significant longer-term fix might include the government and ...
"The scarcity of commander pilots is a reality and GoAir is already feeling the pinch. The airline has been mulling a plan to lease out some of its A320neo planes, possibly from the ones yet to be delivered," one of the sources said. The Indian LCC adopted a strategy to hire predomi...
Like the shortage of U.S. pilots, which has forcefully resumed within the regional airline sector following a reprieve during the early portion of the pandemic, the shortage of maintenance technicians and repairmen preceded Covid-19 and then temporarily went away as lockdowns sharply impacted U....
In response, the airline is now pre-emptively canceling flights later in the summer and is weighing if it needs to pare its schedules for the rest of the year. In an effort to reduce cancellations, it’s also sending out managers who are qualified pilots to fly the planes and offering d...