Approved Training Organisation — ATO BE/ATO-005
We have been training private and professional pilots since 1976
Air Academy New CAG is a Belgian flight school based at Brussels South Charleroi Airport. Training is organised in modules: each one leads to a licence or a rating, and is planned around your availability and your financing capacity.
Training sites: EBCI Charleroi and EBSH Saint-Hubert · 18 aircraft and 2 FNPT II simulators · Close to 110,000 instruction hours recorded over fifteen years
Saturday 26 September 2026
Open Day — the school turns 50
Founded in 1976, the school opens its doors from 10 am to 5 pm at Brussels South Charleroi Airport: visit the facilities, see the aircraft and simulators, and meet the instructors and management team. Free entry.
Our training
Three paths, one instruction team
Whether you are aiming for the private pilot licence, a professional career or an additional rating, training is delivered by the same instructors under the same approved programmes. The private pilot licence is also the first module of the professional course: nothing is lost if you change direction.
Private pilot licence — PPL(A)
One hundred hours of theory and a minimum of forty-five flight hours. No entry requirements. Evening classes in Charleroi, Brussels or Saint-Hubert, or theory by distance learning.
€13,820 — see the programme → 2Professional course — frozen ATPL
Nine modules leading to the commercial pilot licence, the multi-engine instrument rating and crew cooperation training. Each module is paid for and planned separately.
€79,648 — see the course → 3Ratings and instruction
Night rating, multi-engine, instrument rating, aerobatics, Advanced UPRT, instructor and examiner courses, Pilatus PC-12 class rating.
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The full cost of training, published
The complete professional course is detailed opposite, at the EASA Part-FCL regulatory minima, VAT included, at the rates in force since 1 February 2026. All of our prices — courses, ratings and hourly rates — are published on this site.
Payment follows progress: each student funds a personal account, whose movements can be viewed online, from which courses and flight hours are drawn as training goes on. Most of our students train alongside a job and spread the course over two to three years.
Add the costs paid directly to third parties: medical examination, theoretical exams at the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority, examiner fees and licence issue.
Professional course — 9 modules
Training environment
A complete training environment
The school has four classrooms in Charleroi, including the Berty Graux auditorium, a second base at Saint-Hubert aerodrome and a classroom in Brussels for private pilot theory. The fleet is owned outright and maintenance is entrusted to Part-CAMO and Part-145 approved organisations.
The school has operated without interruption since 1976 and files its annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium. Our activity records total 77,190 flights and 109,532 flight and simulator hours over the fifteen complete years from 2011 to 2025.
18 aircraft, owned outright
Six Sonaca 200s, eight Diamond DA40s including two with G1000 avionics, three Diamond DA42s certified for PBN approaches, and an Extra 330LX dedicated to Advanced UPRT and aerobatics.
2 FNPT II simulators
Alsim AL42s qualified by the Belgian authority (BE-FNPT 036 and 037) and named on our course approval. Up to forty of the fifty-five hours of the multi-engine instrument rating can be flown on them.
Two training sites
Charleroi offers integration into international airport traffic with permanent air traffic control; Saint-Hubert offers an unconstrained aerodrome and the Ardennes terrain. Both sites are declared on the ATO certificate for theory and flight.
Our alumni fly today with
Practical information
Frequently asked questions
What are the entry requirements?
Private pilot training has no academic or technical prerequisites. The minimum age is sixteen for the first solo flight and seventeen at the skill test. A valid medical certificate is required, together with a language proficiency certificate for radiotelephony. The professional course requires you to be eighteen and to hold a class 1 medical certificate.
Can I train while working?
Yes. Private pilot theory classes are given in the evening, ATPL theory is available by distance learning, and flights are planned around your availability. That is precisely what the modular path is for: most of our students work or study during their training and spread it over two to three years.
What happens if I have to pause the course?
Each module leads to an actual licence or rating, acquired for good. A pause between two modules loses nothing: a student who stops after the first module holds a private pilot licence. That is the structural difference with an integrated course, committed to in one go after an entry selection.
Which medical steps should I take?
A class 2 medical certificate is enough for the private pilot licence; it is issued by an approved aeromedical examiner or an aeromedical centre. The professional course requires a class 1 certificate, whose initial examination can only be done at an approved aeromedical centre. We recommend taking this step before investing in training.
In which language is training delivered?
Private pilot classroom theory is taught in French, with phraseology and technical documentation in English. ATPL theory and distance learning courses are delivered in English, the language of the exams and of airline operations. A good command of technical English is essential on a professional course.
What career prospects does the course open?
The course leads to the commercial pilot licence with multi-engine and instrument ratings, plus the Advanced UPRT and crew cooperation certificates required by airlines. Our former students fly in scheduled transport, cargo, business aviation and aerial work. No school can guarantee a job: recruitment depends on the market and on the candidate.
First step
Try flying before you commit
The introductory flight puts you at the controls for forty minutes, with an instructor at your side, on a Sonaca 200 or Diamond DA40. It costs €290 and, if you enrol, it counts towards your training.