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: An Alitalia pilot holds his cap at Fiumicino international
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Airlines Need 637,000 New Pilots

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

New York, London- Airlines will need 637,000 new pilots over the next 20 years to keep pace with the growth of global air traffic, Boeing reported on Tuesday in an annual report. Its latest estimate of the pilot requirements is up 3.6 % from last year’s report....

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Planes of Lufthansa airline stand on tarmac in Frankfurt
airport, Germany. (Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach)

Do Pilots, Flight Attendants Sleep during Long Flights?

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Berlin, London- During long flights, which take ten hours or more, most passengers sleep, especially that some longer flights may take around 18 hours. Certainly, pilots and flight attendents also need some hours of rest, even if they cannot sleep. Marcus Fahl,...

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U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Turkey Orders Detention of Dozens of Pilots

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 27, 2016 | Middle East

Forty five military pilots were detained Thursday and 29 who had previously been detained were formally arrested as part of the probe into the group blamed for the failed coup on July 15, Turkey’s state-run news agency said. The chief public prosecutor’s...

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Lebanese Army soldiers patrol on their vehicles the road leading to Beirut international airport, following the kidnap of a Turkish airlines pilot and his colleague in Beirut. (REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban)

Two Turkish pilots kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut

by Nadine Makarem | Aug 9, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two Turkish Airlines pilots, Murat Akpınar and Murat Ağca, have been kidnapped today, Friday, August 9, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to local reports, six gunmen forced the two out of a shuttle bus less than a kilometer away from...