BBC Travel visit Green Flight Academy

Watch the BBC Travel Show and listen to our coworker Annelie Viksten at the Elis program talk about electric aviation.

BBC Travel Show – Electric Dreams (time: 00.00 – 10.10)

Cecilia Holmlund, Operation Manager at Green Flight Academy in Skellefteå:

“The ELIS program is extremely important to us. It had not been possible to conduct our operation at an airport that does not have the infrastructure that we have here. The infrastructure, the projects that are carried out and the skills involved and generates, has given us the opportunity to offer a world-unique pilot program in Skellefteå. Our participation in the ELIS program has also given us important contacts. e.g. BRA flights that we encountered within the framework of the hydrogen project and where we are now, we see real business opportunities. Business begets business and ELIS is the engine that pushes the development of electrified aviation forward”.

Facts – Green Flight Academy (GFA):

• GFA started in 2021
• The installation of 1 MW charger was the starting point for GFA
• Students 2023/24: 21
• Students 2024/25: 42
• GFA has taken a clear position as a flight school for commercial aviation and electric aircraft – pilots and the industry at European level know GFA and Skellefteå.

ELIS program – Skellefteå Science City’s development program for electric aviation – a program with the ambition to become a leading hub in research and development of electrified aviation in Sweden and beyond.