Qantas To Build New Flight Training Centre In Sydney

To teach up to 4,500 new and current Qantas and Jetstar pilots and cabin crew per year beginning in early 2024, the Australian airline has announced that it will establish a flight training complex in St. Peters near Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.

To teach up to 4,500 new and current Qantas and Jetstar pilots and cabin crew per year beginning in early 2024, the Australian airline has announced that it will establish a flight training complex in St. Peters near Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.

Eight full motion flight simulators will be located at the new Qantas’ Sydney flight training site, including those for the Airbus A350 and A320 series of aircraft.

The centre will also feature classroom and training spaces, fixed flight training devices, emergency procedures equipment, and a cabin mock-up.

The Sydney Flight Training Centre is expected to get the following full-motion simulators and fixed flight training devices (FTD):

• A380
• A350
• A330
• A320
• B787
• B738
• A380 FTD
• A330 FTD
• B787 FTD

A submission for the facility’s development has been made to the relevant local planning authority by LOGOS, a property development company, which will build the centre in conjunction with Qantas and international training provider CAE. In light of its significance to the state, the New South Wales government has decided to move quickly to evaluate the proposal.

On August 17, 2022, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said, “We look forwards to bringing this vital function back to New South Wales with this custom-built facility.” Qantas has been training its pilots and staff in Sydney for over half a century.

When the A350s begins service between Sydney and London and New York in 2025, Joyce said, “Sydney will be the launch city for our non-stop flights to London and New York and will now be the home of pilot training for the A350s.”

Joyce said, “As our international network recovers from the impact of COVID and we grow our fleet, this new training centre will give us the simulator capacity to train our new and current pilots.”