Qantas unveils newest flight training centre in Brisbane

Qantas has announced the official opening of its newest Flight Training Centre in Brisbane, and will soon begin training up to 900 pilots per year across the centre’s four state-of-the-art simulators. Qantas announced in February 2021 that it would build the new centre, with support from the Queensland Government, marking its third facility on the east coast. The Brisbane centre will house Boeing 787, 767 and 737 simulators, as well as Dash 8 Q400 simulators, which have been relocated from its temporarily-decommissioned Sydney training facility. The Sydney training centre is set to be knocked down to make way for a major roads project, however is planned to return to operations in 2023. Qantas said its new Brisbane facility will provide recurring training for its over 500 Queensland-based pilots, saving costs on transport and accommodation, as well as pilots from interstate.<br/>