Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Reino Unido
EGBJ · EGHH · KVRB
Skyborne Airline Academy
- ATO GBR.ATO.0497 · UK CAAVerificado
- Other · FAA (USA)Verificado
- Ryanair
- Jet2
UK airline academy launched in 2018 at Gloucestershire Airport, with a second UK centre at Bournemouth since 2025 and its own flight school in Vero Beach, Florida, where students fly the single-engine phase. Its integrated ATPL costs £114,950 including accommodation, and it runs airline-linked routes for Ryanair (with a dual UK–EASA licence), easyJet, Jet2 and the British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academy.
ICAO
EGBJ
Pista
08/26
Longitud
1431 m
Elevación
101 ft
- Desde
- 2018
- Cursos
- 6
- Desde
- €48k
Resumen
Aprobación reglamentaria
ATO GBR.ATO.0497
Other
UK CAA, FAA (USA) — EASA Part-FCL
Información completa
100%
12 de 12 temas documentados
Cobertura verificada
9%
2 verificados · 18 de la escuela · 2 sin confirmar
Valoración de alumnos
Aún ninguna
Solo los alumnos verificados pueden opinar. Nunca escribimos opiniones.
Esto mide cuánto está documentado — no lo buena que es la escuela.
Chief Executive Officer
Lee Woodward
Chairman
Tom Misner
UK Commercial Director
Carla Booth
Propiedad y campus
Founded and owned by Tom Misner (chairman), Lee Woodward (CEO) and Ian Cooper, according to 2018 press. No investors or parent group are published.
En cifras
Quién dice qué. Cuando las fuentes no coinciden, mostramos cada cifra lado a lado.
Cursos de formación
6 cursos documentados a partir de las páginas de la propia escuela.
UK CAA Integrated ATPL
Students starting from zero who want a UK CAA airline licence.
- 1ATPL theory28 weeksGloucestershire or Bournemouth; 13 UK CAA exams
- 2Single-engine flying to CPL26 weeksVero Beach, Florida: Piper Warrior and Arrow, Redbird simulators
- 3Multi-engine instrument rating9.5 weeksGloucestershire or Bournemouth: DA42 aircraft and simulator
- 4Advanced UPRT0.5 weekGloucestershire
- 5APS MCC3 weeksGloucestershire: 40 h on a Boeing 737 MAX or Airbus A320 simulator
Terminas con
- UK CAA CPL(A) with ME/IR
- ATPL theory credit (frozen ATPL)
- APS MCC certificate
La formación incluye
- IR
- MEP
- Advanced UPRT
- APS MCC
Horario: Applications all year; courses of up to 20 start in alternate months.
Requisitos de acceso
- Age
- Apply from 17; 18 at the start
- Education
- Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including Maths, English and Science
- English
- ICAO level 4 or IELTS 5.5 (academic)
- Medical
- UK CAA Class 1 and FAA Class 3 before the start
- Selection
- Free: online aptitude and psychometric tests, then an online interview
Flight and theory hours are not published. A BSc (Hons) degree with the University of West London can be added for £12,880.
Página de la escuelaFlota de aeronaves
Diamond
DA42
4 plazas · UK: multi-engine and instrument training; Garmin G1000, FADEC
Zlin
Z 242 L
2 plazas · UK: UPRT
Piper
PA-28 Warrior
4 plazas · Vero Beach
Piper
PA-28R Arrow
4 plazas · Vero Beach
Piper
Pilot 100i
2 plazas · Vero Beach; Garmin G3X
Piper
PA-44 Seminole
4 plazas · Vero Beach
Simuladores
Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320 simulators (UK) for APS MCC · Airbus A320 FTD, UK CAA-approved, at Bournemouth (2026) · DA42 simulator (UK) · 4 FAA-certified Redbird simulators (Vero Beach)
Aeródromo y campus
Datos de pista de OurAirports — sin confirmar hasta comprobarlos en el AIP nacional.
Gloucestershire Airport
Headquarters: ATPL ground school, multi-engine IR, UPRT and APS MCC on simulators
- ICAO
- EGBJ
- Elevación
- 101 ft
- Pista
- 08/26
- Longitud × anchura
- 1431 × 30 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
- Pista
- 03/21
- Longitud × anchura
- 983 × 23 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
Bournemouth Airport
Bournemouth centre (since 2025): ATPL ground school, multi-engine IR and an A320 FTD
- ICAO
- EGHH
- Elevación
- 38 ft
- Pista
- 08/26
- Longitud × anchura
- 2272 × 46 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
Vero Beach Regional Airport
Vero Beach, Florida: Skyborne's own 30-acre academy for the single-engine phase to CPL, with on-campus housing
- ICAO
- KVRB
- Elevación
- 24 ft
- Pista
- 12R/30L
- Longitud × anchura
- 2229 × 30 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
- Pista
- 04/22
- Longitud × anchura
- 1516 × 30 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
- Pista
- 12L/30R
- Longitud × anchura
- 1068 × 23 m
- Superficie
- Asfalto
Gloucestershire HQ
Purpose-built training centre at Gloucestershire Airport with radar and instrument approaches
Vero Beach campus
30-acre site with about 320 flying days a year, FAA Part 141
Alojamiento para alumnos en el campus
Included in the integrated ATPL fee and compulsory. In the UK, rooms in student residences in Cheltenham and Bournemouth (off the airfields); in Florida, on-campus housing at Vero Beach for more than 300 students.
Skypark Flight Centre, Hangar SE51, Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Gloucestershire GL51 6SR, United Kingdom
Costes y financiación
Inversión inicial publicada
Desde 48.360 GBP
Accelerated Fly First phase 1 for PPL holders. Integrated ATPL £114,950.
No publicado — pregunta por escrito
- Precio exacto del curso
- Alojamiento y comidas
- Tasas de exámenes y licencias
- Horas de vuelo extra
- Repeticiones de exámenes
- Calendario de pagos y reembolsos
Financiación: Staged payment plans; no lender is named. Students on the optional University of West London degree can access UK student loans (the school says more than £35,000).
Vínculos con aerolíneas
Formal: anunciado por la aerolínea o Airbus. Indicado: condiciones desconocidas. Ninguna escuela puede garantizar empleo.
Ryanair
Ryanair Future Flyer Academy · Since July 2025
Exclusive UK partner; Ryanair's COO is quoted in the launch announcement. Over 400 pilots planned over four years.
Jet2
Jet2FlightPath · Since 2025
Fully funded by Jet2; Skyborne was one of the launch training partners.
British Airways
Speedbird Pilot Academy · Since 2023
Skyborne calls itself an official preferred supplier; BA's 2026 announcement doesn't name its partners. 10 BA trainees started in June 2026.
easyJet
easyJet FlightCrew Futures
Self-funded route including the easyJet type rating.
IndiGo
IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme · Since 2019
Indian cadets train at Vero Beach; 41 joined in October 2025.
Historia
Cada hito con su propia fuente y estado.
2018
Launched at Gloucestershire Airport
UK CAA approval and first intake in October 2018.
Sin confirmarHalldalemar 2019
Integrated ATPL approved
The UK CAA approved the integrated ATPL course; first integrated trainees started in April 2019.
may 2021
Vero Beach academy
Skyborne bought a flight academy at Vero Beach, Florida, opening it on 1 May 2021.
Sin confirmarBusiness Wirejun 2025
Bournemouth centre
Second UK centre opened at Bournemouth Airport with a first integrated course of 20 trainees.
jul 2025
Ryanair Future Flyer Academy
Named Ryanair's exclusive UK partner, offering dual UK and EASA licences.
Indicado por la escuelaSkyborne
Comprueba antes de pagar
Lo que las fuentes públicas no aclaran — y las preguntas para hacer a la escuela por escrito.
Cosas que no cuadran
No es necesariamente un problema — pero conviene preguntar por escrito.
Integrated ATPL price
Course length
Company name
Castellón base
A fair-weather base opened at Castellón, Spain in 2019, but no later source mentions it and the school now lists three campuses.
Bournemouth
Pregunta antes de pagar
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Opiniones de alumnos
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29 fuentes
Última revisión: 2 nov 2026. ¿Algo incorrecto o desactualizado?
- 01Skyborne — UK CAA Integrated ATPLschool website · 2026-07-31
- 02Skyborne — FAQsschool website
- 03Skyborne — Ryanair Future Flyer Academyschool website · 2026-10-08
- 04Skyborne — easyJet FlightCrew Futuresschool website · 2026-10-08
- 05Skyborne — British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academyschool website · 2026-07-09
- 06Skyborne — Jet2FlightPathschool website · 2026-07-09
- 07Skyborne — Fly Firstschool website
- 08Skyborne — Fleetschool website · 2026-09-10
- 09Skyborne — Contactschool website
- 10Skyborne — Accommodationschool website · 2026-06-25
- 11AFM — Skyborne welcomes 10 BA Speedbird cadetspress · 2026-06-03
- 12Skyborne — Accelerated Fly Firstschool website · 2026-08-20
- 13Skyborne — Fifth anniversary of the integrated ATPL programmeschool website · 2024-04-17
- 14Skyborne — Second UK training facilityschool website · 2025-02-24
- 15AFM — Skyborne opens Bournemouth training centrepress · 2025-06-11
- 16Skyborne — Ryanair selects Skyborne for its Future Flyer Academyschool website · 2025-07-03
- 17AFM — Skyborne celebrates 102 UK graduatespress · 2024-10-23
- 18Skyborne — British Airwaysschool website · 2026-01-21
- 19Skyborne — University of West London degreeschool website
- 20Halldale — Skyborne Airline Academy launches in UKpress · 2018-09-03
- 21Halldale — UK CAA approves Skyborne's integrated ATPL coursepress · 2019-03-05
- 22Business Wire — Skyborne completes acquisition of Vero Beach Flight Academypress · 2021-05-04
- 23UK CAA — Standards Document 31 (v222): approved training organisationsregulator · 2026-10-31
- 24Valencia Plaza — Skyborne lands at Castellón airportpress · 2019-08-26
- 25AFM — Skyborne named exclusive UK partner for Ryanair Future Flyer Academypress · 2025-07-03
- 26AFM — Skyborne welcomes new IndiGo cadets at Vero Beachpress · 2026-02-16
- 27NationalWorld — Jet2 announces fully funded pilot training programmepress · 2025
- 28Skyborne — Training facilitiesschool website
- 29British Airways — Speedbird Pilot Academy 2026 openspartner announcement · 2026-04-14
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