Qantas Group Opens Sydney Training Centre as Part of $100 Million Investment in Pilot and Crew Training Facilities

Australia – Qantas Group has opened a new Emergency Procedures Training Centre (EPTC) at its Mascot campus in Sydney as part of a wider investment in pilot and cabin crew training infrastructure across Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink. The facility expands the Group’s training capacity as it prepares crews for more than 200 incoming aircraft and the introduction of new types including the Airbus A350-1000ULR.

• More than 10,000 Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink pilots and cabin crew are expected to train at the 6,300-square-metre Sydney facility each year.
• The EPTC forms part of a $100 million Qantas Group investment in pilot and cabin crew training facilities across Qantas and Jetstar.
• Training infrastructure includes widebody and narrowbody replica cabins, door trainers covering eight aircraft types, a multi-storey escape slide and rafts, a virtual reality training area and classrooms across two floors.
• Qantas now operates seven Group training facilities across Australia. A separate Emergency Procedures Training Centre opened in Perth in March 2026.
• Seven new flight simulators began training pilots across the Group during the past 12 months, including Australia’s first Airbus A350 simulator in Sydney, Airbus A320 simulators supporting Qantas and Jetstar, and a new Q400 simulator supporting QantasLink’s turboprop fleet transition. The Group also completed upgrades to its Melbourne training facility.
• Qantas and Jetstar received 17 new aircraft during FY26 and expect up to 31 additional aircraft over the following 12 months. Qantas currently plans to take delivery of its first Project Sunrise A350-1000ULR in April 2027, with Sydney-London non-stop operations scheduled to begin in October 2027.
• More than 4,400 Australia-based operational employees have joined the Group since 2023, with Qantas stating that additional roles will be created as its fleet and network expand.
• AFM previously reported that Qantas completed site acceptance of a Boeing 737 door trainer at its Brisbane training facility in July 2026, following the installation of an Airbus A320/A321 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer supporting Qantas and Jetstar in Melbourne in December 2025.
• AFM also previously reported that CAE and Qantas agreed on a 15-year partnership to develop and operate a Sydney pilot training centre with capacity for up to eight full-flight simulators, including capacity intended to support the Group’s A350 and A321XLR fleet introduction.

Statements

• “Our new centre in Sydney brings together new training technology and capability for our pilots and cabin crew across Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink,” said Vanessa Hudson, Qantas Group CEO.
• “These investments allow our crews to train on aircraft types before they arrive in the country, including Qantas’ Project Sunrise A350-1000ULR. As the largest aviation skills and training provider in Australia, our teams delivered more than 1.7 million hours of training in the past year and that number will keep growing as we take delivery of more new aircraft and welcome more people to Qantas and Jetstar,” said Vanessa Hudson, Qantas Group CEO.

About Qantas Group
Qantas Group is an Australian aviation group headquartered in Sydney, with airline operations including Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink across domestic, regional and international markets. The Group reported a fleet of 365 aircraft as of December 31, 2025 and is undertaking a multi-year fleet renewal programme covering Airbus A220, A321XLR and A350 aircraft alongside Jetstar and regional fleet changes

Source: Qantas Group