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Visit from Swedish Energy Agency

2024-05-15

In may we had the opportunity to show our business to Robert Andrén, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency. It is important to show that it is possible to conduct high-quality flight training at a commercial level with green technology. Sweden is at the forefront of sustainability in aviation, but we must also remember […]

New Partner Airline!

2024-05-13

New partner airline! SAS – Scandinavian Airlines and Green Flight Academy are establishing a partnership that will give our students a unique opportunity to undergo an assesment with the airline after their training. SAS has a steadily growing need for new pilots where the ultimate goal is to provide a seamless transition from training to […]

Braathens + Austrian Airlines

2024-02-09

Braathens announces a colloboration with Austrian Airlines, a part of Lufthansa Group. Braathens Regional Airlines will provide Austrian Airlines with two ATR 72-600 and crew, based in Vienna. The AT 27-600 s one of the most fuel-efficient regional aircraft in the world. Read more here

Hydrogen is the next step!

2024-01-23

We have a collaboration with Zeroavia, Braathens Regional Airlines, Skellefteå kraft och Skellefteå Airport to explore the possibility of operating commercial aviation in the region with ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-based powertrain. Together we aim to set up a system demonstrator at Skellefteå Airport to carry out test flights that can show the entire value chain of hydrogen-powered […]

United Nations Global Goals

2024-01-10

This fall we have worked on how we can contribute to sustainable development according to the United Nations‘s global goals. Based on our business, we have, with the help of Business developers Almi Nord, identified and created a platform for our sustainability work according to international guidelines for sustainable business. Based on our focus areas, we […]

Visit from Mentour Pilot

2023-11-22

How is it even possible to use electric aircraft in flight training for commercial pilots? Petter Hörnfeldt visited us at the end of the summer to see how we do it. Watch us on his channel “Mentor Now!” Mentour now- Do Electric Planes REALLY work?

Royal visit

2023-10-12

On 10 October we received a royal visit from none other than Your Majesty the King of Sweden. He visited us together with a delegation from Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in order to understand how far development has come in the sustainable aviation industry, but also to understand how important it is to […]

Visit from Minister

2023-09-25

Today we had a visit from the Goverment and Sweden´s Minister for Infrastructure and Housing Andreas Carlson . It was a great opportunity for us to show our operations and highlight the challenges that exist in our industry. Andreas got the chance to fly one of our electric aircraft over Skellefteå, a flight that shows […]

Fair in Frankfurt

2023-09-25

This weekend we met with potential students in at Pilot Careers Live Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪 We already have a number of German students at the school and more in upcoming course starts. This is very encouraging as it is clear that this is a country that is interested in sustainable aviation and Swedish education.