Covid-19 update – flight training activities remain 15 percent below pre-Covid-19 levels

It’s been three months since we last posted an update on the state of pilot training following the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on the fact that things no longer seem to develop as dramatically as before, we have made the decision that instead of doing a monthly update we will do one every three months or whenever we see any significant changes from our data.

This article covers data collected from our partners during July, August, and September 2021

Average number of students has declined a little since June

Looking at what we consider a key metric when assessing the state of pilot training, namely the average number of active students for each of the academies using FlightLogger, things have been quite stable for the last 6-7 months with a slight decrease the last three months, going from 80,5 to 78,5 students.

This is a very small decline that can have many reasons. But looking over 2021 the numbers have been very stable (between 77,2 and 80,5 students), and therefore we do cot consider the minor decline of the last 3 months to be alarming.

Compared to before Covid-19 broke out worldwide, the current flight training activity levels today are 15% lower based on our data from 130 flight training organisations.

Number of school flights has been stable

Also when it comes to the weekly number of school flights registered by our partners, activities have been at a quite stable level with a weekly average between 8.058 and 9.016 flights – that’s roughly 60-70 flights per academy each week.

All in all, data from the last three months show that activities have stabilised, which has been the picture for most of 2021.

We will of course continue keeping an eye on our incoming data and updating you on any notable developments in the coming months.