In 1916, he carried out night flights from Delémont to prevent airspace violations; Porrentruy had been bombed by aircraft of unknown origin.

Alfred Comte was a frequent participant in exhibition events for acrobatic flying and pioneered the route from Zürich to London.

In December 1920, he established a school of aviation of his own using flying boats; six Austrian Lohner TL-1917/R aircraft (CH-61 to CH-65) from a base in Oberrieden on the shores of Lake Zürich.

[2] From 1946 to 1950, he once again managed a school of aviation in the Limmat Valley,[3] and was also involved in establishing the private airfield Wangen-Lachen on the southern shore of lake Obersee.

The Great Depression hit the small business hard; it could not be saved even by switching to the production of tubular steel furniture, and in 1935 filed for bankruptcy.