AFM – 2026 Pilot Training Industry Relevant Events Calendar

The team at AFM has put together a calendar of events in 2026 of potential interest to pilot training industry stakeholders. For more information or if you know of an event for us to add to the list, kindly contact us.

January

• 21 - 22 Jan (Dubai, UAE): UAE Civil Aviation Career Fair
• 28 - 31 Jan (Hyderabad, India): Wings India 2026
• 30 Jan - 1 Feb (Paris, France): SFMA Le Bourget

February

• 3 - 8 Feb (Singapore): Singapore Airshow
• 9 - 10 Feb (Dammam, Saudi Arabia): 19th Gulf Education Exhibition
• 20 - 21 Feb (Brussels, Belgium): Pilot Expo 2026
• 25 - 27  Feb (California, USA): 17th Annual International Flight School Operators Conference & Trade Show

March

• 3 - 4 Mar (Florida, USA): Redbird Migration 2026
• 9 - 12 Mar (Atlanta, USA): VERTICON 2026 (formerly HAI-HELI EXPO)
• 11 - 12 Mar (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam): 4th Vietnam Aero Summit 2026
• 19 - 21 Mar (Denver, Colorado, USA): 37th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference
• 21 Mar (Glasgow, United Kingdom): Scotland's Pilot Careers and Flight Training Seminar 2026
• 25 - 26 Mar (The Suntec Centre, Singapore): Aviation Festival Asia
• 28 Mar (Madrid, Spain): Pilot Careers Live
• 31 Mar - 2 Apr (Lucerne, Switzerland): Military Flight Training Conference 2026

April

• 14 - 19 Apr (Lakeland, Florida, USA): SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo
• 17 - 19 Apr (Istanbul, Turkey): International Flight Training Exhibition (IFTE)
• 18 Apr (Heathrow, UK): Pilot Careers Live
• 22 - 25 Apr (Friedrichshafen, Germany): AERO Friedrichshafen
• 23 - 24 Apr (Berlin, Germany): CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition 2026

May

• 5 - 7 May (Orlando, Florida, USA): World Aviation Training Summit (WATS)
• 19 - 20 May (Abidjan, Ivory Coast): 5th African Air Forces Forum
• 20 - 22 May (Florida, USA): AeroSummit
• 21 - 22 May (Suzhou, China): 14th Civil Aviation Training & Education Summit (CATES 2026)
• 26 - 28 May (San Salvador, El Salvador): Global Aviation Training & Development Forum
• 27 - 28 May (South Carolina, USA): CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas 2026
• TBA (Africa): 5th African Air Forces Forum

June

• 2 - 5 Jun (Geneva, Switzerland): European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE)
• 4 - 6 Jun (Bron, France): France Air Expo
• 10 - 12 Jun (South Africa): AERO South Africa 2025
• 12 - 14 Jun (Saint Paul, Minneapolis, USA): FlightSimExpo 2026

July

• TBA (Manchester, United Kingdom): Pilot Careers Live
• 8 - 9 Jul (Jakarta, Indonesia): Indonesia Aero Summit 2026
• 20 - 26 Jul (Oshkosh, USA): EAA AirVenture 2026
• 20 - 24 Jul (Farnborough, United Kingdom): Farnborough Interionational Airshow
• 28 - 29 Jul (Adelaide, Australia): CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Australia Pacific 2026

August

• 4 - 6 Aug (São Paulo, Brazil): Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE)
• 31 Aug - 2 Sept (Bangkok, Thailand): Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS)

September

• 8 - 10 Sept (Texas, USA): Ascend Flight Training Summit 2026
• 9 - 10 Sept (Nairobi, Kenya): Aviation Africa 2026
• 29 - 30 Sept (Dubai, UAE): International Summit Aviation Training

October

• 13 - 14 Oct (London, United Kingdom): RAeS Flight Simulation Conference 2026
• 20 - 22 Oct (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA): 2026 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE)
• 17 Oct (Dublin, Ireland): Pilot Careers Live

November

• 17 - 19 Nov (Vancouver, Canada): ATAC's Canadian Aviation Conference and Tradeshow
• 30 Nov - 3 Dec (Lyon, France): European Rotors 2026

Please contact us if you know of Pilot Training Industry relevant events taking place which are not already on this list.