Rethinking Airline Training

The World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) is the world’s largest aviation training event, designed by and for aviation professionals.

It brings together the global aviation training community from airline training academies and universities, regional, national and international airlines, regulators and suppliers.

WATS 2025 delivered conference streams for pilot training, cabin crew crew training, maintenance training and ab intio flight schools, plus targeted workshops alongside the sector’s biggest trade show.

WATS addresses current and future training issues affecting your business, from personnel selection and recruitment, to regulation and training technologies.

It offers an unrivalled opportunity to meet with the key decision makers within the international airline training community, and allows attendees to discuss the latest training technologies and techniques to improve operational safety and efficiency.

WATS provides participants with a relaxed, professional environment conducive to developing new and existing relationships, allowing you to ‘do three months business in three days’ at a fraction of the cost of conventional travel and meetings.

Supported by the training industry and subject matter experts, WATS will deliver practical solutions for those day-to-day challenges and offer key insights into the future of the industry.

Conference

WATS is entirely dedicated to airline simulation and training, allowing you to discover the latest innovative training solutions for Pilots, Cabin Crew, Maintenance Technicians and Ab Initio flight schools. Supported by the training industry and subject matter experts, the WATS 2025 conference will provide practical solutions for your day to day challenges and offer key insights into the future of the industry.

Presentations and moderated discussions led by airline and industry experts allow the airline training community to share best practice, lessons learned and the challenges of recovery and return to growth.

To see what was on the agenda at WATS 2025, click on the conference stream below:

• Pilot Training Conference
• Cabin Crew Training Conference
• Maintenance Training Conference
• Ab Initio Training Conference

Exhibition

Meet the leading suppliers in the training industry and discover the very latest products and services for pilot, cabin crew and maintenance training. Exhibitors will include fixed-wing training providers, equipment manufacturers, simulator manufacturers, and software and content provides.

See who was at WATS 2025