Zurich Airport is a door to the world, and the licence they obtained is the key to it.

During the peak of the pandemic, it was not only contactless at the checkout but also between people. However, this isolation has been gradually dissolving. We are therefore proud to announce that we can look back on a dynamic, interactive and personal period since the summer.

Since September, Horizon has been organising monthly information evenings in English, in addition to the German-language information evenings, to also address potential candidates from non-German-speaking parts of Switzerland as well as from border regions in France and Italy.

We are pleased to have received the approval from the FOCA to conduct A320 Type Ratings in October. 

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Borders are open again! Our partner flight schools in New Bern, NC, USA (D2 Flight Academy; formerly Tradewind Aviation Services) and in Midrand, South Africa (AvconJet Africa) near Johannesburg are looking forward to welcoming numerous Horizon students who are planning to conduct some of their hour-building in the coming months. 

To contribute to a sustainable future, our sister and partner Helvetic Airways has decided to own one of the most modern and sustainable fleet in Europe for short- and medium-haul flights.

Since January 2019, Horizon has been using ForeFlight from Boeing for hands-on flight training. ForeFlight is an "all-in-one" planning and flight monitoring app that is applied to the iPads of our instructors and students.

Horizon and Avilù are proud to announce that Avilù S.A. is now an official partner flight school of Horizon Swiss Flight Academy.

EDUCA SWISS is a Swiss foundation for education promotion and financing. They support motivated people in the realization of their educational project by providing free assistance in planning, budgeting and by arranging educational loans at low-interest rates. 

For troubleshooting purposes or after certain maintenance work, engine test runs must also be performed on the E2. In addition to simple leak runs at low power, so-called high-power runs or runs with rapidly changing speeds are often necessary. (...)

Horizon is ISO 21001 certified since February 2021.

New season, new aircraft. We are happy to announce the partial renewal and addition to the fleets of our partner flight schools Alpaviation and Ecoflight! 

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The goal of this programme is for students to maintain currency of their MEP/IR ratings.

Flugschule Basel becomes a partner flight school of Horizon SFA

Horizon SFA provides Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) courses acc. FCL.745A

Ron Teichmann, current Accountable Manager and COO will take over as CEO of Horizon Swiss Flight Academy from Michael Anklin. 

The new law, which makes it possible for all candidates to obtain subsidies for training to become a professional pilot...

In addition to our two new Diamond DA42-VI training aircraft, Horizon received a new simulator beginning of September. 

Am 13.09.2019 fand die grosse Jubiläumsfeier, anlässlich des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Horizon SFA im Flieger Flab Museum in Dübendorf statt. 

We are delighted to announce that the FOCA has granted us the approval to provide Maintenance Training on Embraer 190-E2 aircraft types ERJ-190 Series (PWG 1900G)

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy and the Center of Aviation Competence of the University of St. Gallen collaborate during the course Advanced Federal Diploma (Höhere Fachschule).

Two new Diamond DA42-VI aircraft (HB-LVB and HB-LVC) have sucessfully been integrated in Horizon SFA's operation. The ferry flight of the last aircraft took place on June 26th and was accompanied by a media representative. 

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy adds a training base at Bern-Belp Airport and starts a collaboration with alpaviation. 

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy was granted an Extension of the EASA Part-147 Approval for Embraer EMB 135/145 Types.

easyJet Switzerland has conducted the first pre-screening assessment of Horizon SFA Classic students. We are delighted to announce that six student pilots have successfully passed the assessment and thus will be provided with a letter of intent...

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy has constatly increased it's partner flight school network across Switzerland. Currently we work together with six flight schools for single engine piston training. Recently the network has been expanded with Kreutzer Aviation Services in Altenrhein and Ecoflight in Mollis. All flight schools are already preparing Horizon SFA Classic students for reaching their goal of becoming airline pilots.

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy is very proud to having received the official Maintenance Training and Examination Organisation Approval Certificate, issued by the Swiss FOCA. Horizon SFA is certified for the entire Embraer E-Jet family. The first courses will start in March 2018 at our premises in Zürich-Kloten. We will offer courses for A, B1, B2 und C licence categories.