Philippines-based flight school Alpha Aviation Group plans to double its student numbers, open additional facilities and focus on female enrolment, in a bid to address a pilot shortage amid an Asian travel boom. Asia will need 266,000 more pilots by 2038, a third of the global shortage, Published: Boeing estimates. The Philippines is also looking at ways to boost domestic demand for pilots, with airlines such as Cebu Pacific Airways (CPH) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) Bhanu Choudhrie, Alpha’s founder and head of UK private equity firm C&C Alpha Group, plans to invest up to $12m a year for three years in the Philippines campus.
Philippines-based flight school Alpha Aviation Group plans to double its student numbers, open additional facilities and focus on female enrolment, in a bid to address a pilot shortage amid an Asian travel boom. Asia will need 266,000 more pilots by 2038, a third of the global shortage, Boeing estimates. The Philippines is also looking at ways to boost domestic demand for pilots, with airlines such as Cebu Pacific Airways (CPH) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) Bhanu Choudhrie, Alpha’s founder and head of UK private equity firm C&C Alpha Group, plans to invest up to $12m a year for three years in the Philippines campus.