Boeing released a new forecast predicting the demand for 2.4 million new aviation professionals over the next two decades, as the global airplane fleet continues to expand.
According to the company’s 2024 Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO), which was published on July 22, 2024, the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, global airlines will need 674,000 new pilots, 716,000 new maintenance technicians and 980,000 new cabin crew members to fly and maintain the global commercial fleet over the next 20 years.
“Driven by aviation traffic trending above pre-pandemic levels, personnel attrition and commercial fleet growth, the demand for aviation personnel continues to rise,” said Chris Broom, vice president, Commercial Training Solutions, Boeing Global Services in a press release.
