Pilot training has been severely affected by the repercussions of the pandemic crisis, as the need for recruitment has decreased. Nevertheless, Lufthansa has decided to use the interruption caused by the crisis to fundamentally modernize the existing training concept at its in-house flight schools. The principle of ab-initio training will remain in place, as it has been proven to be successful for decades. However, in the future, a so-called “campus model” framework will provide modern, digital forms of training along with new selection procedures. These will enable more needs-based training for the various airlines of the Lufthansa Group and take into account the volatile demand in air traffic. The campus training will be comparable to a university study program with defined qualification and training standards resulting in an institutionalized, internationally recognizable degree. After completing the training, graduates will be recruited depending on the demand situation of the respective flight operations of the various airlines of the Lufthansa Group.<br/>
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Japan's ANA says it will operate a single passenger flight from Yangon to Narita Airport near Tokyo on Friday. It will be the airline's first flight from Myanmar's biggest city since February 1, when a state of emergency was declared in the country. ANA says the plane will depart from Yangon in the morning and arrive at Narita at night. The carrier says it decided to go ahead with the flight after addressing safety concerns, and receiving a certain number of reservations. ANA had been operating two one-way flights a week from Yangon to Narita. But it suspended them after the state of emergency was declared.<br/>
A sixth of Air India’s staff have contracted the covid-19 virus, and 19 have died from it, according to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri. A total of 1,995 employees of Air India, which includes crew deployed for Vande Bharat repatriation missions, had contracted the virus till 1 February. Of them, 583 were hospitalized, Puri informed the Parliament last week. Puri said in a written reply that though there have been no covid-19 related fatalities among aircraft crew at Air India, 19 ground employees have died. “The covid-19 test for the crew is undertaken as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the medical department of Air India, which is based on advisory guidelines issued by the government from time to time," Puri added. As of 1 January, Air India had about 12,350 staff on its payroll, including 8,290 permanent staff and 4,060 contractual staff.<br/>