Airtraining

What Airtraining does

Airtraining GmbH is a privately held Swiss software company founded in 2016 by André Schuler and Dimo Notarfrancesco, headquartered in Stallikon, Canton of Zürich. The company builds cloud-based SaaS applications for the aviation sector, with three products: AirManager (the flagship), BaseManager (for small and medium airfields), and CustomsManager (for airports offering customs services). The platform is delivered as a browser-based web application requiring no on-premise IT infrastructure, with data stored exclusively in Switzerland.

The core product, AirManager, is a vertically specialized management suite for SME flight operations, flight schools, and flying clubs. It covers customer and member administration, aircraft and flight reservations, an EASA-compliant paperless flight logbook, automated invoicing with payment verification and pilot-blocking reminders, paperless techlog/hold item tracking, flight school and training administration, document management with mobile synchronization, and aircraft movement reporting to airfield authorities. A notable technical differentiator is the partnership with Capzlog, providing the first officially recognized digital flight log certified to EASA AMC Part-FCL, with automatic transmission of pilot logbook data into AirManager.

Airtraining operates a subscription licensing model for its cloud products, supplemented by professional services billed at CHF 200 per hour. Go-to-market is direct and in-person — the company explicitly offers on-site presentations of AirManager — targeting a long-tail of small aviation operators in Switzerland. Development is supported by a core partnership with DimasterSoftware GmbH (owned by co-founder Dimo Notarfrancesco), which also co-hosts the cloud platform. The company is bootstrapped and founder-owned, with no institutional investors, no public listings, and no disclosed revenue or headcount beyond the two co-founders.

Name

Airtraining

Legal name

Airtraining GmbH

Website

https://airtraining.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Airtraining GmbH is a Swiss bootstrapped SaaS company that builds cloud-based aviation management software — AirManager, BaseManager, and CustomsManager — for flight schools, flying clubs, SME flight operators, small airfields, and customs-equipped airports, operating exclusively in Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aviation Management Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Air Transportation (4881)

akta.pro primary industry

Aviation & Aerospace (EDABALAC)

Keywords

• Aviation management software
• Flight school administration
• Airfield management system
• EASA flight logbook
• Aviation SaaS platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Stallikon

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. AirManager License: AirManager is a cloud-based service provided via license. The application runs on a cloud platform and is not installed on customer computers or servers.
2. Professional Services: Software development and web design services billed at CHF 200.00 per hour (excl. VAT). Services can be provided by Airtraining or through third parties/freelancers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Airtraining develops and licenses a suite of cloud-based aviation management SaaS products — primarily AirManager for SME flight operations, flight schools, and flying clubs, complemented by BaseManager for small/medium airfields and CustomsManager for airports offering customs services. The platform automates customer/member administration, reservations, EASA-compliant paperless flight logbooks, invoicing, payment verification, document management, flight school administration, and aircraft movement reporting.

Product overview

Airtraining offers a suite of three aviation management SaaS products deployed on a cloud platform: AirManager (core product for flight operations, flight schools, and clubs), BaseManager (for airfield management), and CustomsManager (for customs border crossings). All products are licensed cloud applications with no IT infrastructure required on the customer side.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AirManager: A powerful and comprehensive application for SME flight operations, flight schools or flying clubs that automates and simplifies processes in operations, training organisation and administration.
• BaseManager
• CustomsManager

Products and services

• AirManager Comprehensive cloud-based SaaS application for SME flight operations, flight schools, and flying clubs that automates and simplifies processes in operations, training organisation, and administration. Customers access it via browser and mobile devices with no on-premise IT infrastructure required.
• BaseManager Cloud-based SaaS solution for small and medium-sized airfields that automates aircraft movement tracking, provides a dashboard overview of aircraft on the airfield, automated invoicing of fees, payment verification, and statistics reporting (including FOCA statistics).
• CustomsManager Cloud-based SaaS application for airports offering customs services for cross-border flights, providing pilot registration, customs entry/exit recording, passenger management, flight administration, and configuration options for forwarding data to customs authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Noticeably more time for flying due to automated and simplified processes
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DimasterSoftware GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationDimasterSoftware GmbH is a key partner providing development team support for the continuous development and enhancement of AirManager. The company also hosts AirManager on their cloud platform alongside Airtraining. Dimo Notarfrancesco, one of Airtraining's founders, is also the owner of DimasterSoftware GmbH.
• capzlog (capzlog.aero)coreTechnology or IntegrationCapzlog provides the first officially recognized digital flight log for pilots, certified to EASA AMC Part-FCL. AirManager offers automatic transmission of pilot logbook data to capzlog.aero. This partnership enables certified digital flight logging directly from the AirManager system.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• FlightAware: FlightAware is the leading flight-tracking platform used by airlines, operators, FBOs, and general aviation. It is relevant to Airtraining because both platforms serve operational visibility and movement-tracking use cases at airfields and for operators, even though FlightAware is far broader in scope.
• Garmin Pilot: Garmin Pilot is Garmin's general-aviation flight planning and EFB application used by private pilots and flight schools. It competes with Airtraining at the pilot-facing planning/logbook layer and is much more established, but lacks Airtraining's club/school administration and airfield management depth.
• Sporty's Pilot Shop: Sporty's operates the Pilot Training platform and offers training, an EFB app, and digital logbooks used by student and certificated pilots. It overlaps with Airtraining's flight-school and pilot-administration focus from a different angle — training content plus tooling — and is a much larger, US-rooted incumbent.
• ForeFlight: ForeFlight is the dominant general-aviation electronic flight bag (EFB) and flight-planning platform used by pilots worldwide, including in Europe. It overlaps with Airtraining on flight planning, logbook functionality, and aviation operations workflows, but operates at much greater scale and breadth than Airtraining's SME-focused suite.

Direct peers

• LogTen Pro: LogTen Pro is a widely used digital pilot logbook that directly competes with Airtraining's EASA-compliant paperless flight logbook and Capzlog-integrated personal log features. It targets the same pilot and flight-school user base for digital recordkeeping and hour tracking.

Emerging players

• Airmate: Airmate provides flight school and FBO management software including scheduling, invoicing, and aircraft management. It is a direct comparability peer to Airtraining's AirManager on school/club operations software, though it is broader in geographic reach than Airtraining's current Swiss footprint.
• FlightSchoolNetwork: FlightSchoolNetwork is a flight-school management and booking platform that competes directly with Airtraining's AirManager reservation, invoicing, and training-organization modules. It is smaller in scope but targets the same SME flight-school and flying-club administrative workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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