Skyborne Airline Academy, a UK company based at Gloucestershire Airport, has secured growth investment from US private equity firm Excolere Equity Partners to support its pilot training business.
image: Bournemouth Airport/Skyborne Airline Academy
The investment is intended to increase training capacity and strengthen airline partnerships. The financial terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2017, Skyborne trains commercial pilots at Gloucestershire and Bournemouth airports in the UK, Vero Beach in Florida and in India. The company has more than 400 staff and a fleet of over 60 aircraft.
Its UK training programmes include fully funded places through British Airways' Speedbird Pilot Academy and Jet2FlightPath. Skyborne also has airline partnerships with IndiGo, easyJet and Ryanair.
The academy says 95% of its graduates are employed by airlines.
Excolere Equity Partners is a Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on education and human capital management. It said it would work with Skyborne's management to support the company's development.
Skyborne will continue operating under its existing brand, with its management team and day-to-day operations unchanged. The company has not announced specific plans or a timetable for additional investment.