A new electric-flight school in Sweden is inspiring a future of emissions-free aviation. Learn more about the Green Flight Academy in Sweden.
Green light for green flights
Are you ready for an electric takeoff? Green Light Academy is the world’s first airline transport program designed from a sustainability perspective. By allocating 30% of the flight hours in electric airplanes and the rest in fuel-efficient single and multi-engine diesel airplanes, the academy offers one of the world’s most environmental-friendly ways to become a pilot.
Green Flight Academy in Sweden, article continues below image.
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Future pilots from all over the world are turning to northern Sweden to learn how to fly on batteries. The ATPI courses always include student accommodation on campus with short walking distance to classrooms and flight simulator.
Students get to try their wings on fully electric airplane
The cold winters and warm summers in Skellefteå generate ideal conditions for testing the electric aircraft in different climates.
Also in the future people need to travel to meet family and friends face-to-face and to discover new places and cultures. But to be able to continue to fly, the environmental footprint of air travel must be reduced. This is an evolution that Green Flight Academy wants to be a part of.
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Skellefteå in northern Sweden has become a hotbed of green start-ups.
Green Flight Academy in Sweden, written by Tor Kjolberg
Feature image (on top): Sara Cultural Center, Skellefteå. © Visit Skeelefta