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TRAINING SCHOOLS AND PILOTS
Top Training School’s Fleet by Model
FIXED-WING
ROTARY-WING
Cessna 172
Diamond DA40
Diamond DA42
Cirrus SR20
PA-44-180
211 Robinson R44
65
71+0+54+0+18+0+16+0+13
39
Top Training School by Fleet
165 Robinson R22
47
44 Schweizer S-300
38
40
Cabri G2
MTOsport
65+0+47+0+38+0+13+0+8
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13
FIXED-WING
ROTARY-WING
CAFUC
Hainan Aviation Academy
Phoenix Flying College
Civil Aviation University of China
Hubei Sky-Blue Academy
Jiutian Flight Academy
Zhuhai AVIC Flight Academy
Xinjiang Tianxiang Aviation College
Shandong Nanshan Flying College
71+0+16+0+16+0+14+0+11 +0+10+0+9+0+8+0+7
of the helicopter training fleet are piston helicopters due to their
fuel efficiency compared to turbine.
Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) has the
largest training fleet, with 217 fixed-wing aircraft. Phoenix
Flying College and Hainan Aviation Academy each follow with
48 aircraft. For rotary-wing training, Guangdong Baiyun GA
has the most helicopters for training with 17 aircraft, China
Flying Dragon GA and Guangzhou Suilian GA follow with 10
and 9 helicopters. In terms of fleet model, Cessna 172 has the
largest fleet number with 211 aircraft, Diamond DA40 follows
with 165 aircraft. For rotary-wing training fleet, Robinson R44
and R22 account for 60% of the total fleet. Schweizer S-300
ranks the third with 38 (20%) aircraft.
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28
24
22
48
48
42
32
217
Guangdong Baiyun GA
China Flying Dragon GA
Guangzhou Suilian GA
Hainan Aviation Academy
Shandong Qixiang GA
CAFUC
Shanghai Suxiang GA
Xilin Fengteng GA
Anyang GA
Ruoer GA
17+0+10+0+9+0+9+0+9+0+8+0+8+0+8+0+6+0+6
To be certified with a Private Pilot License (PPL), candidates
must be at least 17 years old, and attain 40 flying hours including
at least 20 training hours with an instructor and 10 solo hours. A
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) requires students to be at least
18 years old and obtain at least 250 flying hours on a single/
multi-engine aircraft or 150 hours on a helicopter. For an Airline
Transport Pilot License (ATPL) on an airplane, students must
complete 1,500 hours and 1,000 hours for a helicopter. Typical
cost for a PPL in Greater China is 30,000 USD, while the cost for
a CPL is 90,000 USD, which includes the cost of PPL courses.
For more information on flight training schools in Asia Pacific, please
refer to ASIA-PACIFIC TRAINING REPORT 2016
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