Tony Hall, Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport owner, has died alongside two others in the crash.
Owain Davies’ family said they had “suffered an unimaginable loss”, describing him as “driven and determined”.
Authorities say the plane took off from the Rhône Valley and crashed into a mountain.
Saad al-Hilli was shot dead with his wife and mother-in-law while holidaying in eastern France in September 2012.
Fay Manners becomes first British woman to open a new route on the north face of the mountain.
Officials say the bodies of the two Belgians, who went missing in 1992, were discovered after the Trift Glacier receded.
Sophie Woods ran the Via Alpina through storms, heat of up to 37C and dodged floods and wildfires across eight countries.
Fay Manners has successfully scaled the north-north-east face of Tête Biselx in the Swiss Alps.
Dramatic footage showed the gondola flipping over several times in the snow before coming to a halt in Engelberg.
