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Spirit Airlines needs pilots! The Miramar, Florida, headquartered airline is expanding its fleet of Airbus twin-engine jets and is now recruiting more pilots. Spirit Airlines also opened a new crew base in Las Vegas, Nevada, at McCarran International Airport, where about 100 employees will be based. New hires for Las Vegas will include pilots, flight attendants and mechanics. It crried over one million passengers to and from Las Vegas in 2011. The airline is also taking delivery of seven new jet...

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2/13/2012 Comments(0)

U.S. Regional Airline Merger

As of January 1, 2012, Expressjet Airlines is the new name for the combined airlines SkyWest Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Expressjet. The merger has created the world's largest regional airline with more than 400 aircraft operating nearly 2,500 flights each day in the U.S. Contact www.pea.com and ask for more information about how you can become an airline pilot....

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2/12/2012 Comments(0)

China Express Air Buys Jets

A private regional airline in China, China Express Air, has placed an order for six Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft. The order was apparently placed late last year, but not announced until this week. The order, which is the first CRJ900 purchase in China, is expected to be worth USD $264 million, according to Bombardier. And if options for five additional aircraft are converted to firm orders, the total deal would be worth nearly USD $500 million. Bombardier has also announed a memorandum of understa...

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2/11/2012 Comments(0)

Airline Pilot Slary Range

Airline pilot salaries depends on many things: the airline the pilot flies for -- airlines have different salary scales, the academy from which the flight training was completed, your educational background, your experience as a pilot, and also the type of aircraft you fly....generally speaking, pilots of large aircraft are paid more than pilots of smaller aircraft. And pilots on international airlines are known to earn more those working on domestic routes. The median airline pilot slary in the...

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1/10/2012 Comments(0)

Boeing's New B-737MAX Aircraft

Boeing's introduction of the new B-737 MAX, which is a advanced version of the B-737, has a more fuel-efficient engine. This is just one reason Boeing orders for new aircraft have risen sharply recently. According to the company, the commercial aircraft orders totalled 805 for 2011. In 2010, 530 aircraft were ordered from Boeing. Boeing also said it's B-777 wide bodied jumbo jet has led orders for two-aisle aircraft; it set a new record with 200 orders for the B-777. Boeing, along with Airbus, t...

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1/8/2012 Comments(0)

How Does Air Traffic Control Operate for Pilots?

The air traffic control system in the U.S. is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation and under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration. How it works in the U.S. is most interesting, especially if you are not yet a pilot, but want to be. You may have seen "the tower" at airports. The men and women controllers who work there control air traffic within just a few miles of the airport. This is typically called the "terminal air space." These controllers are responsible for ins...

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12/11/2011 Comments(0)

More Than Two Million New Aviation Jobs Forecasted

Earlier this year, a new aviation personnel study was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO . More than two million jobs worldwide were forecasted for pilots, maintenance personnel and air traffic controllers because of the expected growth of commercial air traffic and the retirement of qualified pilots and other professionals between now and 2030. This ICAO study compared the number of aviation professionals worldwide that will need to be trained annually with the trai...

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12/11/2011 Comments(0)

China is the Second Largest Domestic Air Market

The United States is the largest domestic within the country's borders commercial airline market in the world. And now China has become the second largest domestic market, with more than 30 million seats available each month:This is an increase of over 7% from last year. China's domestic capacity seats on commercial aircraft has tripled since 2002. It now represents 9% of the total air travel in the world. In third place is Brazil, with more than 11 million domestic airline seats. This past May,...

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12/11/2011 Comments(0)

What's the Largest Airport in the World?

Did you ever wonder what is the largest airport in the world, in terms of scheduled flights? No, it's not London or Dubai: It is Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. with 9 million seats each month available on flights going all over the world. What's number two? It's now Beijing, China, though Atlanta still has 15% more seats than Beijing. The next largest airport is Heathrow in London, which is followed by Tokyo Haneda. Do you dream of flying a big jet into one of these airports? Phoenix East Aviation can h...

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12/11/2011 Comments(0)

Update on China Aviation

In 2011 Chinese airlines announced aircraft orders from multiple Western aircraft manufacturers, another sign of the rapidly growing Chinese aviation industry. Some of these orders are as follows: Air China and Hong Kong Airlines plan to buy planes from Boeing worth approximately USD $10 billion. Hong Kong Airlines plans to purchase 38 Boeing aircraft, including 30 new B787 Dreamliner and six cargo aircraft. Air China was the first Chinese airline to order the B747-8 intercontinental aircraft. H...

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11/13/2011 Comments(0)

To Be a Pilot: Your Airline Training

Your pilot training sequence is as follows: First, training and achieving your Private Pilot Certificate, then your Instrument Rating. This is followed by training and achieving your Commercial Pilot Certificate -- you will also want a Multi-Engine Rating to be able to fly aircraft with more than one engine. You may also want your flight instructor ratings: Certified Flight Instructor Airplane CFI , Certified Flight Instructor Instrument CFII , and Certiifed Flight Instructor Multi-Engine MEI . ...

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11/13/2011 Comments(0)

Flight Training Students from India: The Basic Prerequisites

If you are from India and wish to become a pilot, here are some basic regulations from the Director General of Civil Aviation DGCA . When you train at Phoenix East Aviation, you will achieve U.S. Federal Avlation Administration FAA pilot certificates. Upon your return to India after training, you will be easily able to convert your FAA certificates to DGCA certificates, because at Phoenix East, you will be training in the special Indian program, which complies with the DGCA requirements. NOTE: t...

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11/12/2011 Comments(0)

Air Traffic Control - Pilots Are Interested in This History

If you want to be a pilot, you'll relay heavily on air traffic control. Therefore, the following history will be of interest to you....how air traffic control started. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration this years celebrates 75 years in operation: In the U.S., controlling aircraft started with bonfires... those fires and torches guided pilots who flew from grass runways to other grass air strips. They were delivering something very important -- the mail. Later, those bonfires and torches b...

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11/11/2011 Comments(0)

The System that Supports You in Flight School

When you are considering flight schools in the U.S., it is highly recommended that your academy be at a controlled airport. That means it has air traffic control managed aircraft operations. That will give you better experience if you wish to be professional pilot, working for the airlines or a corporation. The U.S. has an air traffic control second-to-one in the world. This system of skilled personnel and equipment will help keep you safe, as well as helping you become a better pilot. Phoenix E...

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11/11/2011 Comments(0)

Qatar Airways Announces Upcoming Multi-Billion Dollar Aircraft Order

Qatar Airways, which is the second-largest carrier in the Middle East, has announced plans to place a multi-billion-dollar aircraft order at November's Dubai Air Show. This is especially newsworthy, as Qatar Airways already has placed orders for more than 200 new aircraft, which has been estimated to be worth USD$40 billion. The carrier also is planning to officially annouce a new route to Helsinki, Finland, to add to their flights to Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm. Qatar Airways now operates ap...