North American pilot shortage gap tightens
According to analytics company Oliver Wyman the outlook for the North American pilot shortage is lessening, due an increased supply of newly trained pilots coupled with a constrained airline demand. Oliver Wyman’s latest figures now project the gap between pilot supply and demand up to 2032 to shrink to around 13,300 from just short of 17,300 and 23% smaller than last year’s projection. Both the shortage and the narrowing of the gap...
Soaring scholarships
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) launched its 2024 Gliding Scholarships at the Pilot Careers Live event held at Heathrow. The scholarships provide a one-week residential course at an approved British Gliding Association (BGA) training centre with an aim to take the scholar as far as completing their first solo flight. The scholarships are open to people over the age of 16 and are flown at designated Youth Gliding Centres in...
Titan Airways and Leading Edge Aviation joint venture
Titan Airways will collaborate with Leading Edge Aviation to recruit graduate pilots to join its airline. The initiative reinforces the British charter airline’s ongoing commitment to growth with selected candidates joining Titan in early 2024. According to Captain David Cox, director of fight operations at Titan Airways: “We are delighted to join forces with Leading Edge Aviation for this exciting programme. Their high training...
KLM Flight Academy fleet upgrade
KLM Flight Academy has entered into an agreement with Diamond Aircraft to replace its aging Avgas-powered training fleet with DA40NG and DA42-VI trainers powered by the 168hp jet fuel AE300 from Austro Engine. The Groningen Airport Eelde flight academy in the Netherlands has confirmed orders for 12 single engine DA40NG and two twin-engine DA42-VI, with the first deliveries taking place in Q1 2024 and bringing KLM’s fleet of Diamond...
UK AVGAS and AVTUR September price analysis
Fuel expenses are one of the biggest direct operating cost (DOC) any flight training organisation must face. Variations in global fuel prices directly influence the fuel surcharge rate charged by a flying school and student cost per flying hour (CPFH). Over the past 12 months UK AVGAS 100LL prices have been declining after maxing out at 270 pence per litre (ppl) in August last year. The average price of UK AVTUR Jet A1 in September...
Aeros biggest ATPL student intake to date
Aeros Flight Training welcomes a “record-breaking” entry of 32 ATPL theory students into its Gloucester Academy in October, and the biggest single course induction in the group’s history. The approved training organisation (ATO) also says that it is expects another bumper sized intake in January 2024. Nick Dunn, chief executive office at Aeros Flight Training said. “Aeros are delighted with this recent induction, we had a lot of fun...
