Sweden's Green Flight Academy Draws 200 Applicants as 18 State-Funded Pilot Places Begin

Sweden – Flight training provider Green Flight Academy is implementing its first state-funded commercial pilot training intake in Skellefteå, with 18 tuition-free places among approximately 60 students the school expects to admit during autumn 2026.

• 18 students will receive state-funded places in 2026, while approximately 200 people applied for Green Flight Academy's autumn training and the school expects to take in around 60 students across its different places.
• Green Flight Academy has been awarded 18 state-funded starting places annually for 2026, 2027 and 2028 under Sweden's Higher Vocational Education system. The August program carries no tuition fee for students and its first 2026 intake was scheduled to begin on August 17.
• The state-funded pathway lasts 2.5 years and leads to an EASA CPL/ME/IR with ATPL theory, A-UPRT and APS MCC. The curriculum also includes pilot psychology, sustainability studies, workplace learning and a final project.
• Green Flight Academy continues to offer self-funded training alongside the government-funded places. Its Nordic self-funded Higher Vocational Education pathway is priced at SEK1.145 million and runs for 1.5 years, while its international integrated program is an 18-month course.
• SVT reported that approximately 30 students have been trained by the school since its establishment, with students principally coming from Germany, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Green Flight Academy expects privately funded places to continue accounting for most of its approximately 60-student autumn intake.
• The academy allocates 30% of its integrated program's flight hours to fully electric Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft. The remaining phases use conventionally powered aircraft for training requirements that cannot currently be completed on the electric platform.
• The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is responsible for determining which programs qualify as Higher Vocational Education and allocating government grants. Green Flight Academy said in January that the agency had approved its state-funded pilot training places beginning in August 2026.
• AFM previously reported that Green Flight Academy launched its tuition-free CPL pathway in February 2026 after securing the state-funded places. AFM had also reported in September 2025 that the academy's transition into Sweden's Higher Vocational Education system provided access to government student-financing mechanisms.

Source: Green Flight Academy