Ryanair Welcomes Inaugural Future Flyer Academy Cohort at Skyborne Airline Academy

United Kingdom – Ryanair has welcomed the inaugural cohort of eight ab initio students into its Future Flyer Academy program at Skyborne Airline Academy, marking the formal launch of Skyborne as the latest partner school in Ryanair's structured pilot pathway programme and the first intake of cadets at the partnership under the FFA framework.

• Ryanair's Deputy Head of Training attended the commencement of the inaugural class, signalling the airline's direct institutional engagement with partner school inductions as part of its structured oversight of the Future Flyer Academy pipeline.
• The eight-student inaugural cohort represents the opening intake of Ryanair-aligned ab initio students at Skyborne, with training conducted under the Future Flyer Academy framework — Ryanair's structured program connecting approved partner flight schools directly to a defined B737 type rating and First Officer hiring pathway at the airline.
• Skyborne Airline Academy operates training bases at Vero Beach, Florida in the United States, and at Gloucestershire and Bournemouth Airports in the United Kingdom, providing Ryanair with a unique multi-base training partner capability.

Source: Ryanair