{"id":8655,"date":"2026-06-25T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:45:38","slug":"skyborne-expands-gloucestershire-airport-training-facility-to-support-training-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/news-events\/skyborne-expands-gloucestershire-airport-training-facility-to-support-training-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyborne expands Gloucestershire Airport training facility  to support training demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8655\" class=\"elementor elementor-8655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4b917a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4b917a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86e72a8\" data-id=\"86e72a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4b31a6 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4b31a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Skyborne has announced the expansion of its Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) training facility, significantly increasing the academy\u2019s UK capacity amid growing global demand for airline standard pilots.<\/p>\n<p>Enhancing the academy\u2019s training capabilities, the expansion includes additional hangar space for its growing fleet of aircraft, more classrooms for ground training and breakout rooms for both trainees and employees.<\/p>\n<p>Skyborne\u2019s facility in Gloucestershire will work with its base in Bournemouth to deliver UKCAA and EASA <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/integrated-atpl-course\/\">Integrated ATPL courses<\/a> for Skyborne\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/airline-programmes\/\">airline programmes<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/military-conversion-courses\/\">military conversions<\/a> and the modular aspects of the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/flyfirst\/\">Fly First<\/a> pathway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lee Woodward, CEO, Skyborne, says:<\/strong> <em>\u201cOur Gloucestershire Airport site expansion reflects our commitment to the region\u2019s economic growth and the future pilot pipeline.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe built Skyborne from the ground up and started our very first intake here in Gloucestershire Airport. Since then, we\u2019ve set up bases in Bournemouth and Vero Beach, Florida, USA, where we\u2019ve established a global network of airline partnerships and seen Skyborne pilots go on to fly for more than 50 airlines worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSafety, quality and airline standards are our highest priority at Skyborne and this investment in Gloucestershire Airport ensures we can continue developing the next generation of pilots without compromise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The expansion of the state-of-the-art facility in Gloucestershire will also enable Skyborne to increase its team of instructors, mechanics and other units of the business to support its growth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Skyborne\u2019s UK facilities and training offerings, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/\">https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/<\/a> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skyborne has announces the expansion of its Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) training facility, significantly increasing the academy\u2019s UK capacity amid growing global demand for airline standard pilots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":4797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_2":false,"_crosspost_to_4":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22],"tags":[46],"skyborne_region":[19],"skyborne_type":[15],"class_list":["post-8655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy","category-pilot-pathways","tag-gloucestershire-airport","skyborne_region-united-kingdom","skyborne_type-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8655"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8660,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions\/8660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=8655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}