Flying School vs Aviacore
Aviacore is aimed at flight school management in Europe, which means it is broadly the right shape - scheduling plus training records - but written for a different regulator, a different currency, and a different tax system.
Where Aviacore is the better choice
European flight schools who want scheduling and training records in one platform.
Side by side
Flying School and Aviacore
| Flying School | Aviacore | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian built and supported | Built in Sydney | ✗ |
| Data hosted in Australia | Sydney region | Europe |
| AUD-native pricing | ✓ | EUR-oriented |
| GST and ABN on tax invoices | ✓ | ✗ |
| Xero with account and tax-rate mapping | ✓ | Not advertised |
| Purpose-built for flight training | ✓ | ✓ |
| CASA syllabuses included | 10 programs | EASA-oriented |
| Grade units of competency at checkout | ✓ | Partial |
| CASA-format logbook hours | ✓ | EASA-oriented |
| Maintenance-due Hobbs blocks bookings | ✓ | Partial |
| Instructor ratings enforced on booking | ✓ | Partial |
| AI reads CASA licences and medicals | ✓ | Partial |
| Document expiry reminders | ✓ | Partial |
| Prepaid hour packages with drawdown | ✓ | Partial |
| Billing from Hobbs time flown | ✓ | Partial |
| Student portal with online booking and payment | ✓ | Partial |
| Aircraft and instructor utilisation reporting | ✓ | Partial |
| AI assistant across the whole system | ✓ | Not advertised |
Verified August 2026 from publicly available information. "Not advertised" means we could not confirm the capability, not that it is absent. Aviacore pricing model: Quoted, commonly per student or per module. Confirm the details with the vendor.
Jurisdiction
CASA, GST, ABN, Xero
Aviacore
Four things an Australian school needs that a European product will not give you: CASA Part 61 syllabus content, 10% GST handled as tax-inclusive display pricing, your ABN on the tax invoice, and Xero mapped to your chart of accounts.
Flying School
All four are standard. The CASA programs are seeded, GST and GST-free rates are created when you flag the account as registered, your ABN is pulled from the ABR and printed on invoices, and Xero connects by OAuth with account and tax-rate mapping.
- Ten CASA training programs, editable
- GST-inclusive display pricing with GST split on the invoice
- Xero daily summary or per-invoice sync, coded for BAS
Data
Where your records live
Aviacore
European hosting for Australian student records is a question your customers may eventually ask you.
Flying School
The application and its database run in Fly.io's Sydney region. Your students' records stay in Australia.
Why schools move from Aviacore
The syllabus is already Australian
Ten CASA programs instead of translating an EASA framework.
The money is already Australian
AUD, GST, ABN, and Xero, without workarounds.
The data is already Australian
Hosted in Sydney.
Common questions
How current is this comparison?
Verified August 2026 from publicly available information. Confirm the specifics with the vendor before deciding.
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