Airbus is taking a bottom-up approach to filling a looming airline pilot shortage – by expanding its own training system to include ab initio schooling. By starting with raw beginners, Airbus hopes to ...

flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, announced recently the launch of its Ab Initio Pilot Training programme, in partnership with international overseas flight training partners. This initiative comes ...

flydubai launched (22-May-2025) its ab initio pilot training programme, in partnership with international overseas flight training partners. The programme comprises ground school training, simulator ...

Lufthansa and United are using Goodyear Airport for their ab initio pilot training. Credit: Dietmar Plath It is 6:30 a.m. on a Thursday, and the apron at Phoenix Goodyear Airport is getting busy. This ...

The Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) has started its first helicopter ab-initio technician training programme, in co-operation with Eurocopter. The programme "signals the start of a ...

DULUTH, Minn. & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus Aircraft today announced that United Aviate Academy (UAA) has purchased a fleet of twenty-five TRAC SR20 aircraft for its program. These ...

Somant Heeralal (left) and Yadram Ramcharran were selected to learn to fly helicopters, and they will eventually train to fly offshore. © Omni Helicopters International ...

The training giant has added the German air force to its list of defense customers that have turned to civilian contractors for initial flight training. CAE has partnered with Airways Aviation, which ...

Flydubai has launched its Ab Initio Pilot Training programme, in partnership with international overseas flight training partners. This initiative comes as part of the airline’s workforce strategy to ...

Flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, announced today the launch of its Ab Initio Pilot Training programme, in partnership with international overseas flight training partners. This initiative comes as ...

The training programme aims to shape students into future pilots, who will play a key role in supporting the airline’s ambitious growth plans With the introduction of the Ab Initio Training programme, ...