Ascent Flight Training has been awarded a £300 million ($400 million) contract to markedly increase its provision of rear crew instruction from later this decade to support the operational needs of ...

Britain’s aviation sector is expanding, but the six-figure upfront cost of pilot training is locking out talented candidates.

Early this year, when FlightGlobal visited FTA, an independent flight school at Shoreham near Brighton, things looked so promising. Covid-19 had halted all pilot training weeks after co-owner Sean ...

17:58, Sun, Feb 22, 2026 Updated: 17:58, Sun, Feb 22, 2026 A high-end training firm catering to both aspiring and professional airline pilots has been ordered by a court to be liquidated. On Sunday ...