Horizon Swiss Flight Academy

Horizon Swiss Flight Academy is a flight school in Switzerland. It has trained pilots since 1979. The academy is an Approved Training Organisation with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, approval number CH.ATO.0146. It also holds maintenance training approval CH.147.0018. The site says all courses are EASA approved, from PPL through to frozen ATPL.

The academy's pilot courses include the private pilot licence, the commercial pilot licence, the airline transport pilot licence, a multi-engine piston class rating, multi-crew cooperation, a jet orientation course, licence conversion and a high performance aeroplane course. Helicopter courses cover PPL(H), CPL(H), ATPL(H), instrument rating and licence conversion. The academy also runs an aptitude test.

The academy runs an airline cadet programme with Helvetic Airways and easyJet Switzerland. The programme trains pilots to frozen ATPL and places them with airline partners. The site says graduates fly with Helvetic Airways, easyJet, REGA, Edelweiss, CHair, British Airways and Cargolux, among others.

The academy also runs operator training. It offers operator specific initial and recurrent training under EU-OPS rules. Its courses include crew resource management, emergency and safety equipment training, flight crew selection and Airbus A320 training for pilots. The technical training arm is an EASA Part 147 organisation. It offers type rating training on Embraer 170, 190 and E2 aircraft at airports including Zurich-Kloten, Altenrhein and Baden Airpark.

The site lists the phone number +41 44 862 07 07. It has a course calendar and info events for the airline cadet programme. The academy has an e-learning campus for distance courses. The site lists Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn as social channels. The site describes the academy's partners as easyJet Switzerland and Helvetic Airways. It says the academy trains students across Switzerland and overseas, and it lists a jobs page and a sales manager for its ATO training.