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The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), formerly the Orient Airlines Association, [1] is a trade association of major scheduled international airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1966 with headquarters in Makati , Philippines, the association has moved to its present headquarters in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. [ 2 ]
Cathay Pacific [9] China Eastern Airlines [10] Jet2.com [11] KLM [12] Lufthansa [13] Qantas; Scoot; Singapore Airlines [14] Volotea [15] Historically, the second officer was the flight engineer. This is a trained pilot who does not fly the aircraft, but instead monitors aircraft systems. [16] Modern airliners only require two pilots, and do not ...
On the regional level, Europe and North America are comparable with average recovery times of 2.2 years, while the Asia-Pacific is predicted to recover faster in 2.1 years. [ 11 ] In 2022, recovery of travel demand exceeded airlines' ability to hire back pilots and ground staff quickly enough, causing several months of widespread delays and ...
Since 2008 the job market for pilots has deteriorated rapidly. Most pilots that have been trained at a Dutch flight school have to look for a job abroad. According to VNV-DALPA the job market for ab initio pilots is poor. "Some companies outside the Netherlands do hire pilots, but these are so-called pay to fly-schemes.
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has canceled dozens of flights as it conducts an inspection of its entire Airbus A350 fleet after finding engine problems affecting the plane.
There were 290,000 airline pilots in the world in 2017 and aircraft simulator manufacturer CAE Inc. forecasts a need for 255,000 new ones for a population of 440,000 by 2027, 150,000 for growth and 105,000 to offset retirement and attrition: 90,000 in Asia-Pacific (average pilot age in 2016: 45.8 years), 85,000 in Americas (48 years), 50,000 in ...
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The Cathay Pacific discrimination scandal (also known ironically as the Carpet Airline Discrimination Scandal) refers to a series of alleged discrimination incidents by the flight attendants against multiple passengers aboard Cathay Pacific Flight 987, flying from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in mainland China to Hong Kong International Airport in the Hong Kong Special Administrative ...