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Skyline
Platform Comparison & Architecture

Built for modern flying.
Not 2005 spreadsheets.

See how Skyline compares side-by-side with Flight Circle and Cavok on mobile bookings, UK CAA syllabus tracking, and automated student billing.

Operational CapabilitySkylineFlight CircleCavok (Pooleys)
Bookings & dispatch
Customer self-service online booking
Aircraft + instructor availability rules
Resource block-outs (maintenance, leave, sim)Partial
Deposits, packages and promo codes on bookingsPartialPartial
Configurable cancellation windows per product
Smart booking safeguards (Dual vs. Solo logic)
Fleet & maintenance
Aircraft register with live hours
50hr / 100hr / annual inspection trackingPartial
AOG and maintenance blocks across the calendar
Wet rate per aircraft drives booking pricePartial
Students & training records
Per-student record from enrolment to checkridePartialPartial
Theory exam results, pass / fail / resit tracking
Endorsements (first solo, solo nav, type, night)
Document store with expiry alerts (medicals, licences)Partial
Visual syllabus progress roadmap & milestone tracker
Digital flight log
EASA-style digital flight logPartial
Per-exercise grading against your syllabus
Auto-computed dual, PIC, single/multi, IFR totalsPartialPartial
Signed by instructor, visible to student
Ramp-ready offline logging & sync (PWA)
Pilot verification & self-hire
Customer uploads licence + medical with documentsPartial
Staff approval unlocks self-hire bookingsPartial
Bookings auto-blocked when documents expire
Invoicing & records
Invoices for deposits and balances
Invoice mode for established clientsPartial
Refunds within policy windowsPartialPartial
Reconciliation per booking and customerPartial
Customer-facing site
Fully editable customer site (fleet, instructors, products)
Airfield status banner you flip from your phone
Your domain, your brand — no vendor badge
Platform
Modern interface, redesigned in 2026Partial
Mobile-first for instructors and customersPartial
Role-based access (owner, admin, instructor)
Multi-tenant — your data isolated by org
Onboarding & migration includedPartialPartial

Based on publicly available information at flightcircle.com and getcavok.com as of June 2026.

The same problems. A decade of new engineering.

Why modern ATOs and flying clubs choose Skyline over legacy flight schedulers.

Mobile-First Apron Check-In

Legacy schedulers still look and behave like desktop software from 2012. Skyline is built for instructors who dispatch sorties from a phone on the apron, and students who expect the elegance of an Apple-designed app.

Airtight Document Lockout

Pilots upload medical certificates and ratings. Staff approve in one click. Self-hire slots unlock automatically and instantly re-lock if a medical or endorsement lapses.

Whitelabel Marketing & Store

Skyline provides a branded customer site with discovery flight vouchers and trial booking checkout on your custom domain, with 0% platform commission.

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