Rotorcraft
Horizon Flight Academy Vital to Mideast Rotorcraft Training
An order for 12 Bell 505s heralds Horizon Flight Academy's phaseout of aging Bell 206s.
As the Middle East’s most comprehensive helicopter training school, Horizon International Flight Academy operates a fleet of 27 Bell helicopters and is adding the new 505.
As the Middle East’s most comprehensive helicopter training school, Horizon International Flight Academy operates a fleet of 27 Bell helicopters and is adding the new 505.

As the only company in the Middle East to offer the full gamut of helicopter training options, Horizon International Flight Academy in Al Ain, in the UAE emirate of Abu Dhabi, has become a critical link in the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) parapublic infrastructure. Formerly owned by Emirates Defense Industries Company (EDIC), it is now part of the UAE’s 25-company-strong defense conglomerate, Edge.