# Excellentia Airline Academy

**URL:** <https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44>\
**Category:** Flight Training\
**Tags:** india, south-africa\
**Created:** [May 27, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44 "2026-05-27T10:02:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Wings.James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee7513/32.png) [@Wings.James](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/u/Wings.James)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44/1 "2026-05-27T10:02:54Z")

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Saw that in South Africa, the 2 flight schools Aeronav Academy and Skyhawk Aviation merged and rebranded to Excellentia Airline Academy.

Their plan is to grow from currently 30 to 40 aircraft to over 100 aircraft in the next 18 months.

I know they’ve been quite popular for aspiring pilots from India. Does anyone know more about this organization?

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**Author:** ![Jordan7m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@Jordan7m](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/u/Jordan7m)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44/2 "2026-07-27T08:41:40Z")

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has the fleet actually grown to over 100 aircrafts as planned? or did things slow down? I’m looking at the training options and trying to figure out if this school would be appropriate for me

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**Author:** ![Jordan7m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@Jordan7m](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/u/Jordan7m)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44/3 "2026-07-27T08:42:15Z")

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tho i can confirm the merger is official. I hope they’re really expanding their fleet rapidly

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**Author:** ![MattP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@MattP](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/u/MattP)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://www.pilotcareerforum.com/t/excellentia-airline-academy/44/4 "2026-07-30T08:10:01Z")

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They did add between 10 to 25 new Sling NGT this year and said they are planning on adding a few every month. But they did have an accident earlier in the year which might have slown them down a bit. Heard they are quite popular with Indian student pilots, wonder how many students they have in total.