Qantas Group recently broke ground on its new 7,000 square meters Sydney Training centre. The centre aims to train up to 4,500 new pilots and crew for Qantas Airways and Jetstar from mid-2024.
The facility is located in St Peters near Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport and will house up to eight motion simulators, including an Airbus A350 sim destined for 'Project Sunrise.’
“The training center will have modern flight training devices and mock aircraft cabins, including emergency procedure equipment, with multiple classrooms and other training facilities. CAE is poised to maintain the simulators and day-to-day running of the operations,” Qantas said in a statement.
The launch of the training centre comes on the backdrop of Australian aviation industry forecasted to to create 8,500 highly skilled roles in aviation over the next ten years, including positions for 1,600 pilots and 4,500 crew.
Alan Joyce, Group CEO, Qantas said: “Sydney will be the launch city for our non-stop flights to London and New York and will soon be the home of pilot training for the A350s, which will operate these flights from late 2025. We’d like to thank the NSW Government and the LOGOS Group for its support for this world-class facility, which will generate broader economic benefits for the state.”
Once the Sydney facility is complete, it will be one of five centers across Australia, including the sites at Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth, plus its Qantas Group Pilot Academy in Toowoomba. In addition to the group's crew training centers, Qantas plans to build an Engineering Academy at a later stage.