Major Players Focus on Flight Training at Dubai Airshow

A gathering of more than 50 aviation training leaders met in Dubai during the airshow, indicating the path forward for the region and worldwide to address pilot requirements.

Julie Boatman

Thursday, December 02, 2021 at 05:34 PM ET

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From left: Max Buerger, Alexander Alvarez, Joel Davidson, Attie Neimanna and Cristopher Magdangal Courtesy: AFM.aero

Key Takeaways:

Aviation training organizations (ATOs) globally experienced highly varied recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; U.S. and developed nations bounced back quickly, often aided by government support, while ATOs in many other regions faced significant contraction.
Despite differing recovery rates, there is a renewed worldwide demand for pilots that the global flight training industry is now actively responding to.
A summit of flight training industry leaders in Dubai addressed the pandemic's impacts, shared market intelligence, and sought to accelerate industry recovery, highlighting challenges such as affordability, digitization, and supply chain issues.

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While aviation training organizations in the U.S. weathered the COVID-19 pandemic with resilience and a quick return to normal, ATOs globally have seen varying degrees of success in bouncing back from the trials induced by the near shutdown in activity during 2020. But even those greatly affected are now responding to the renewed need for pilots worldwide.

That’s just one of the takeaways from a summit of more than 50 leaders in the flight training industry gathered in the United Arab Emirates following the Dubai Airshow in November.