Asia Pacific to need quarter of a million new pilots
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The Asia Pacific region will need to find more than a quarter of a million new commercial airline pilots in the next 20 years, a new report has forecast.
According to Boeing‘s latest ‘Pilot and Technician Outlook’ for 2015, the world will require 558,000 new pilots between now and 2034. And more than 40% of them (226,000) will be hired by airlines in the Asia Pacific region.
Asia Pacific’s carriers will also need 238,000 more technicians, or 39% of the global total.
Europe and North America will both need 95,000 new pilots, with 60,000 going to airlines in the Middle East, 47,000 to Latin America, 18,000 to Africa and 17,000 to Russia and the CIS.
Boeing said that it trained a record number of new pilots last year, at its 17 campuses around the world. But it stated that more needs to be done to fill the huge demand for qualified pilots and technicians.
“The challenge of meeting the global demand for airline professionals will not be solved by one company alone,” said Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services. “Aircraft manufacturers, airlines, training equipment manufacturers, training delivery organisations, regulatory agencies and educational institutions are all stepping up to meet the increasing need to train and certify pilots and technicians.”
The rising need for pilots is being fuelled by strong demand for new commercial aircraft. Boeing predicts that the world’s airlines will add 38,050 new aircraft to the global fleet over the next 20 years. Of this total, 14,330 (37%) are expected to be operated by airlines in the Asia Pacific region.
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