Inner Mongolia to open its first pilot training academy
In a new venture for the region, the recently announced Genghis Khan Aviation Training Center is set to become the first aviation academy in Inner Mongolia. The academy is to be used to train pilots, flight attendants and aircraft maintenance technicians who will be fed into the region’s first airline, Genghis Khan Airlines, which commenced operations in 2019. The academy is also slated to provide training programmes for air traffic...
Reach for the Sky funding programme reopens
In one of his first official engagements as the new UK Aviation Minister, Mike Kane MP launched the latest round of funding for the Government’s Reach for the Sky programme at the Farmborough International Air Show on 26 July. The Reach for the Sky skills and outreach programme serves as a way for young people aged 4-18 from under-represented groups that may not otherwise have had the opportunity to pursue a career in aviation, to do...
Air Cadet Scholarships to relaunch
While specifics have yet to be confirmed, Air Cadet Scholarships, which provide 12-hours of flying with an aim of taking the recipient to first solo, look to be relaunching following an announcement made at last month’s Farnborough Air Show. According to AOC 22 Group, Air Vice Marshall Cab Townsend, his team have spent the last 18 months looking at how to relaunch the scholarship following its closure when Tayside Aviation – the...
CAE announces 15th Women in Flight Ambassador
CAE have named UK pilot Elle Betchley as the fifteenth CAE Women in Flight Ambassador. The CAE Women in Flight Ambassador Programme aims to encourage girls and women to raise awareness of the opportunities for women to follow professional pilot careers. Elle is currently training on the CAE Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme. She has just completed her ATPL ground school at CAE’s London Gatwick training centre and is about to...
BA makes a £21m investment in new pilot training
UK flag-carrier British Airways has committed £21m to training 200 new pilots in 2025 in a move which marks the largest investment in ab-initio flight training by a UK airline for decades. In a game-changing move, BA will pay the full training costs of 200 aspiring airline pilots, having already enrolled 100 pilots into its ‘Speedbird Academy’ programme in 2024. The scale of the British Airways programme is unprecedented in modern...
Leading Edge Aviation launches funded training programme
Leading Edge Aviation (LEAL) has announced the launch of a new funded fATPL/Flight Instructor training programme, covering up to 85% of training costs. LEAL’s new training programme will see cadets complete training with the academy, gaining a frozen Air Transport Pilot Licence (fATPL) and Flight Instructor (FI) rating, ahead of commencing two years’ employment as an FI at LEAL’s Alhama de Murcia training base in southern Spain. The...
