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Unprecedented demand for airline pilots

With worldwide demand for pilots booming, becoming an airline pilot offers a promising future with exceptional career opportunities

BECOMING AN AIRLINE PILOT: A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE

 Becoming an airline pilot has never been so promising. With worldwide demand for pilots constantly on the rise, career opportunities are many and varied. With the resumption of international flights in 2022, airlines are recruiting on a massive scale, estimating their needs worldwide at over 34,000 new pilot hires per year until 2042.

This unprecedented demand is justified not only by the natural growth in the world’s air transport needs, but also by :
– A worldwide mass retirement of airline pilots.
– The emergence of new airlines, mainly in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
– The emergence of new markets, such as long-haul low-cost flights.
– The slowdown in airline pilot training between 2008 and 2018, contributing to the current pilot shortage.

The ongoing resilience of global air transport

“A closer look at studies of global air transport since the 1970s reveals that crises have had little impact.
Since the 70s, world air transport has doubled on average every 15 years. Over the last 50 years, we’ve had crises that seemed insurmountable, and every time, passengers have wanted to continue traveling.”
Read Patrick Milward’s full article on the future of air travel in our News section.

THEY BECAME AIRLINE PILOTS WITH ASTONFLY

Since its creation, Astonfly has trained more than 1,500 airline pilots, currently working for more than 50 airlines worldwide