FlyBy Secures Status as Spain’s Largest Flight School
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Spanish flight school FlyBy has officially become Spain’s largest flight school, registering more operations than any other pilot training provider in the country according to Spanish airport operator Aena.
Five years ago FlyBy was facing bankruptcy - with just 10 cadets and nine staff - when it was bought out by a new management team. Having been turned around, the school has subsequently trained over 530 cadets, and invested millions of Euros into new aircraft, simulators and training programmes.
FlyBy’s growth has been driven by two key business developments: the first being ongoing investment into infrastructure; the second being the expansion of the company’s global reach, through the development of training packages that cater specifically to the international market.
FlyBy’s investment in recent years has seen the school purchase eight new trainer aircraft (four PS28 Cruisers, two Tecnam P2006T, a Super Decathlon and a Metroliner) and two new simulators (an Entrol Airbus A320 simulator with PBN and MCC certification and a Tecnam P2006T SoftekSim), taking the total fleet to 21 aircraft and two simulators.
From a global reach perspective, nine of the school’s 10 cadets in 2015 were Spanish; today, just one in five cadets are Spanish, with FlyBy training cadets from 83 counties around the world, including from counties as far afield as Tanzania and Brunei.
At the heart of this international focus has been the development a cadet programme specifically catered to a broad range of cultures and requirements – delivered by a team of international staff, including welfare staff and translators.
Having secured its status as Spain’s largest flight school, the school’s ongoing growth strategy will see further invest in both its infrastructure and training courses.
The school is in the process of expanding internationally with plans to open another flight school outside of Spain. FlyBy is also set to expand its university degree programme, and to expand horizontally by offering new types of aviation training, including a new aircraft maintenance training programme.
