Commercial pilot training is usually a vocational school or bachelor degree programme. See the pages for vocational school or university and university college to calculate how much loan and grant you are entitled to.
In addition, you may receive a supplementary loan for tuition fees of up to NOK 440, 768 per academic year for a maximum of two years.
If you are undergoing pilot training in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, you are not entitled to loans and grants because you receive a salary during your education.
There is no separate application for the supplementary loan. You automatically apply for it if you select maximum loan in the regular application form and are taking an approved commercial pilot course.
Pilot Flight Academy bankruptcy
There are no separate rules for students at educational institutions that go bankrupt. If you were studying at Pilot Flight Academy and are affected by the bankruptcy, you are entitled to grants and loans up to and including 15 January. This means you will not receive any further loan disbursements after the December 2025 payment.
Interests, repayment deferral and debt cancellation
If you are no longer entitled to support from Lånekassen, interest will be added to your loan from 16 January. You will receive your first invoice about seven months later. You can apply to defer payment if you wish. If you continue as a full-time student in spring 2026 and receive support from Lånekassen, interest will not be added to your loan.
You cannot have your student loan cancelled solely because PFA has gone bankrupt. There are specific rules for when a student loan may be cancelled, for example in cases of permanent disability. Lånekassen cannot cancel loans in situations that are not covered by the regulations.
Loans and grants if you continue commercial pilot training or start another education
If you start another full-time education in the spring semester, you must remember to apply for a new student loan before the deadline of 15 March. If the education starts after 1 March, the application deadline is normally 15 June 2026. The deadline applies both if you complete your commercial pilot training at another approved institution and if you start a different education.
You can only receive the supplementary loan for commercial pilot training for two years. This also applies if you continue the training at another institution or restart the training. If you spend three years completing a commercial pilot training programme that is normally two years long, you may be entitled to the supplementary loan for up to two years, and the basic loan and grants for all three years. As a genetal rule you may be delayed by up to one year (60 credits) without losing your entitlement to the basic loan and various grants.
No loans or grants for commercial pilot training abroad
Lånekassen does not provide support for commercial pilot training outside the Nordic countries. Within the Nordic region, you can only receive loans and grants for commercial pilot training at public colleges or universities.
Documentation of exams autumn 2025
PFA has stated that they will report exam results for autumn 2025 to Lånekassen as soon as possible. Therefore, you do not need to send anything. If it still takes a long time and no exams are registered on Dine sider at lanekassen.no, you must upload a transcript on Dine sider. The transcript must include name of the education, course code, course name, number of credits, and date of completion.
Feel free to contact us if you have questions
Students affected by the bankruptcy who receive loans and grants from Lånekassen will receive specific information from Lånekassen on Dine sider. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.