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General Pilot Training / Flight School information for Oceania
The Oceania Region (including Australia, New Zealand, and Micronesia) has one of the most diverse aviation industries in the world.
Australia and New Zealand both have air forces that employ many pilots to fly Helicopters, Fighter Jets like the CF-18 Hornet, Boeing 707 Transports, C-130 Hercules Transports, and more.
In addition Australia's vast yet remote northern region consists of many small towns separated by hundreds of miles with few serviceable roads. This has resulted in a huge aviation industry on to itself in the Australian north.
Along the beautiful coastlines of Australia and New Zealand you can find many Floatplane and Seaplane operators. DHC2 Beavers on Floats, DHC3 Single Otters on Floats, DHC6 Twin Otters on Floats, Beech 18's on Floats, Cessna 185F's, Cessna 206F's, and many more. Thes planes have many roles in their regions including taking tourists on aerial tours, taking food and supplies to remote communities, passenger charter services, and the occasional Air Ambulance trip flying a critical ill patient from a remote town to a large urban center like Brisbane, Adelaide or Melbourne.
The latest corporate jets are found at the major city airports across the region including Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Christchurch, and the financial centers of Melbourne and Sydney.
All of the latest and greatest airlines can be seen within Australia's and New Zealand's airline industry. Air New Zealand's pilots fly over to Toulouse every other month to pick up and fly home a brand new Airbus airliner. Of late - Airbus A320's. Qantas has also had their crews pic up new Boeing B747-400ER's from Seattle, and brand new Airbus A330-200's from Toulouse. Virginblue is Australia's leading low fare airliner and has equally picked up many brand new B737-700's and -800's in the last two years - now up to over 30 of the new aircraft, with many more on order.
One of the biggest successes in Australian Aviation has been Foreign Airline Training Centers. Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong, Singapore Airlines, and now Emirates all send their new Cadet Pilots down to schools in Adelaide to complete their initial pilot training.