Nearly 200,000 New Commercial Airline Pilots Required Over 20 Years, Large Demand Also Seen For Airline Maintenance Technicians
The Asia Pacific region will continue to lead the globe in demand for hundreds of thousands of new commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians to support expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades, according to a new, recently-released forecast.
Republic Airlines Accepts The Milestone Aircraft, Will Fly For American Eagle
Embraer delivered the 1,000th E-Jet production aircraft today during a ceremony held at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos. The E175 was handed over to Republic Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which will operate the aircraft on behalf of American Eagle.
Airbus’ Newest Joint Venture In China Said To Be Progressing Well On A350 Work Packages
Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Center (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has started to deliver elevators for the Airbus A350 XWB program. A ceremony was held Monday in Harbin for the delivery of the first ship set of elevators.
Under perfect weather conditions, Bombardier Aerospace celebrated the successful first flight of its CSeries aircraft Monday, a major milestone in the company’s highly anticipated development program. The maiden flight marks the start of the CSeries aircraft’s flight test program leading up to the first customer delivery, and was also the first flight for Pratt & Whitney’s new Geared Turbofan PurePower engine as part of an aircraft certification program.
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