This study also highlights the need for new aircraft. Those who opt for a pilot training school and start an airline pilot course will in all likelihood fly some of the 38,000 new passenger aircraft that will be needed over the next two decades. This will involve an investment of $5.6 billion. Its main rival Airbus recently said it will also need 32,600 new commercial aircraft.
According to aircraft manufacturer Boeing, 558,000 new pilots will be needed over the next 20 years. There is also another important fact to consider: the aircraft will also have to be bigger. Especially to be able to meet the demand for new aircraft from the growing Asian public, which is estimated at 100 million new passengers every year.
Asia, for example, will need 226,000 new pilots by 2034. This is ahead of North America and Europe, where the demand for new pilots will be 95,000, while the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Russia will together need 500,000 new pilots.