Emirates Flight Training graduated 53 new pilots
As the aviation world faces a pilot shortage, the third Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) graduation ceremony held on Thursday welcomed 53 new pilots to the industry.
With this latest ceremony, EFTA celebrated reaching three major milestones:
- Graduation of international Cadets for the first time since the academy opened its doors to non-Emirati students at the end of 2019.
- The largest cohort: more than 50 cadets and twice as many as in previous events.
- More than 100 cadets trained since their first graduation in 2020.
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At the ceremony, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group congratulated and awarded certificates to the cadet graduates.
“Years ago, we realised there would be a huge demand for trained pilots to support commercial aviation’s needs, and as a global airline and an industry leader, we felt compelled to act. Today’s graduation ceremony marks the achievement of our long-term vision for establishing the state-of-the-art Emirates Flight Training Academy to welcome and nurture young talent not just locally, but globally”, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed said.
Emirates’ executive management team in attendance included: Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, Adel Al Redha, Chief Operating Officer; Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer and Ali Al Soori, Executive Vice President Chairman’s Office & Facilities/Projects Management.
According to Oliver Wyman’s latest research, the aviation industry will experience a global gap of 34,000 pilots by 2025, which could increase to 50,000 given the impact of furloughs and retirements. Driven by a projected sharp increase in air travel demand, the Middle East region could face a shortage of 3,000 pilots by 2023 and 18,000 by 2032. Boeing estimates that by 2041 the gap will widen to 602,000 pilots globally.
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