A320 Pilot Jobs 2026: 73 Airlines Flying the A320 Family

The A320 family, from the A319 to the A321XLR, flies with 73 of the 121 airlines on our jobs board. At the last check 34 of them had the First Officer seat open, recruiting or holding a pool, and 49 publish a First Officer entry for pilots without a type rating. This page lists each one with that status, what it asks of the rating and its published minimum. An open First Officer seat is not always an A320 seat: where the airline names a route on the type, we quote it as recorded.

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First Officer seat open (34)

Taking First Officer applications, or holding a First Officer pool or expression-of-interest list, at the last check.

First Officer seat through a cadet route only (3)

These airlines took First Officers only from their own cadet or academy schemes at the last check: no direct entry for licensed pilots.

Not recruiting First Officers at the last check (8)

A First Officer route exists, but no vacancy or campaign was open when we last checked. Several of these recruit in campaigns, so watch their careers pages.

First Officer status unconfirmed (26)

We found these airlines’ requirements but could not establish from their own pages whether a First Officer vacancy was open.

No First Officer route for outside pilots (2)

The record shows no First Officer entry open to pilots from outside; see each airline’s entry for the routes it does run.

Routes on the A320 family, in the airlines’ words (35)

The entry routes our records name on the A319, A320 or A321, worded as recorded at the date shown, open or closed. An airline missing here may still put new pilots on the A320; it just does not name the type in its routes.

• Air India (incl. Air India Express) F/O: Recruiting
  Type-rated First Officer / Senior First Officer A320 — Air India Group careers portal (campaign opened February 2026) · Cadet Pilot Programme — Air India Pilot Career Program (DGCA CPL to A320 rating) · Direct entry Captain A320 — Air India Express (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Air New Zealand F/O: Talent pool
  Expression of interest — jet fleet (Second Officer B787/B777 or First Officer A320/A321), mostly internal (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Cathay Pacific F/O: Recruiting
  Direct entry First Officer — ICAO ATPL or CPL/MEIR with same-state ATPL credits, 1,500 h total; placement on the A321neo, A330, A350, B777 or B747 freighter (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• Condor F/O: Recruiting
  Direct entry First Officer A320 family / A330 · MPL(A) cadet programme with TFC (24 months, A320/A321 rating) (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Edelweiss F/O: Recruiting
  Direct Entry First Officer A320 — fast track to the A350 with 1,800 h or more on the A320 (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• Etihad Airways F/O: Recruiting
  Type-rated Direct Entry First Officer - A320 family (must be current on A320) · Non-type-rated First Officer - A320 family: listed on careers.etihad.com (dated 29 March 2026 in search results; not among the vacancies open on 25 August 2026); relayed by Rishworth Aviation at 2,500 h total with 1,500 h on multi-crew glass-cockpit aircraft, ATPL or frozen ATPL, under 50 at joining · Direct Entry Captain - A320 family (must be current on A320) (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• Eurowings F/O: Recruiting
  First Officer A320 family — type-rated or non-type-rated · Direct entry Captain A320 · Fast-track Captain — 4,000 h on aircraft above 19.5 t MTOW, 350+ landings, active line flying in the last 24 months; preference for A320-rated with 500 h on type (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• EVA Air F/O: Recruiting
  Direct entry First Officer A321 / B777 / B787 (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• flyadeal F/O: Recruiting
  A320 Type Rated First Officer — Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam · A320 Type Rated Captain — Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam · A320 Type Rated / Non-Type Rated First Officer and Captain — Saudi nationals only (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• IndiGo F/O: Recruiting
  Type-rated First Officer — A320, 200 h after line release · IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme — six partner academies, CPL plus A320 rating (checked 14 October 2026) — careers page
• Lufthansa City Airlines F/O: Recruiting
  Captain A220 / A320 — type-rated or non-type-rated · Fast Track Upgrade to Command A320 — experienced First Officers (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Royal Jordanian F/O: Recruiting
  Type-rated First Officer — A320, B787 or E-Jet E2 ratings accepted interchangeably (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Ryanair Group F/O: Recruiting
  A320 Rated & Airbus CCQ Experienced First Officers (Lauda Europe) (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• SAS F/O: Recruiting
  Direct entry First Officer (non-type-rated) - 'Experienced First Officer', A320 and E195, Scandinavian bases · Type-rated First Officer - A320neo at London Heathrow (A320 type rating 'preferable', not mandatory) · Direct entry Captain - A320, Copenhagen (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page
• Smartwings F/O: Recruiting
  Non-Type Rated and Type Rated First Officer A320 (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• SWISS International Air Lines F/O: Recruiting
  Direct Entry First Officer A320 (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Viva Aerobus F/O: Recruiting
  Primer Oficial E (A320 family) — type-rated First Officer (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• Wizz Air F/O: Talent pool
  Direct entry Captain — A320 type rated · Direct entry First Officer — A320 type rated, experienced · First Officer — A320 type rated, cadet level (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• easyJet F/O: Not recruiting
  Direct entry Captain - type rated (A320) - LIVE vacancy at London Gatwick as at 2026-08-25 · Direct entry Co-Pilot - type rated (A320) - route described on easyJet's careers page, but NO live vacancy found on 2026-08-25 · Cadet / ab-initio - easyJet FlightCrew Futures Programme (Integrated ATPL with A320 Type Rating included, in partnership with Skyborne Airline Academy) - described on easyJet's own page; application status not published by easyJet (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• Jetstar F/O: Not recruiting
  Direct Entry First Officer A320 — closed at last check (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Vueling F/O: Not recruiting
  Direct entry First Officer A320 (non-type-rated accepted — frozen ATPL is sufficient; A320 experience listed only as 'an advantage'). Currently CLOSED. · Cadet / ab-initio via Vueling MAPS (Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme) with FTEJerez, MPL syllabus including A320 type rating. Currently CLOSED for applications. (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page
• Aegean Airlines F/O: Unconfirmed
  Non-rated First Officer A320 — last call closed on 30 September 2026 (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page
• Air Arabia F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry Captain A320 — reported · Direct entry First Officer A320 — reported (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• AirAsia F/O: Unconfirmed
  Cadet Pilot Programme — self-funded with financing, CPL plus A320 rating (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Austrian Airlines F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry First Officer — E195 / Q400 / A320 (reported) (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• British Airways F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry First Officer — BA Euroflyer, Gatwick: 2026 campaign, rated and non-type-rated, now closed (in May and on 30 June 2026); A320/A321 flying to Europe and North Africa, returning to Gatwick every evening, on BA’s master seniority list · Direct entry First Officer — BA mainline A320, Heathrow: most recent advert found is undated; check whether a stream is open (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page · Study guide (PDF, €4.99)
• Brussels Airlines F/O: Unconfirmed
  MPL Cadet Program — no prior flying experience, 19 months to A320 First Officer (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• flynas F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry Captain A320 — rated or non-rated (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page
• HK Express F/O: Unconfirmed
  First Officer — A320 type rated or non-type rated (standing posting) · Captain — A320 type rated or non-type rated (standing posting) (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• Hong Kong Airlines F/O: Unconfirmed
  Type-rated direct entry First Officer — A320/A330 and B787 postings · Type-rated direct entry Captain — A320 and B787 postings (checked 29 September 2026) — careers page
• ITA Airways F/O: Unconfirmed
  Type-rated First Officer, A220 or A320 family: a campaign published on ITA’s own site on 19 December 2025 (reported by QuiFinanza and qds.it), asking for 500 h on type (simulator excluded) or 500 h on an EASA-rated aeroplane over 30 t; bases Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate; closed by 25 August 2026 (checked 12 October 2026) — careers page
• Saudia F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry Captain A320 — reported, unconfirmed (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• STARLUX Airlines F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry First Officer A320 family / A330 — relayed, unconfirmed (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• VietJet Air F/O: Unconfirmed
  Contract Captain A320 family — relayed (checked 21 September 2026) — careers page
• Volaris F/O: Unconfirmed
  Direct entry First Officer A320 — rated (relayed) (checked 13 October 2026) — careers page

Do you need an A320 type rating?

The A318, A319, A320 and A321, ceo and neo, share one type rating, with differences training between the variants (see class and type ratings and the A320 ceo to neo differences). Whether you need it to apply is the airline’s call, and it splits the list four ways:

• No type rating needed to apply (35): Aegean Airlines, Air Arabia, Air Canada, Air France, Air New Zealand, AirAsia, Alaska Airlines (incl. Hawaiian), Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Brussels Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Cebu Pacific, Condor, Delta Air Lines, EgyptAir, Finnair, Frontier Airlines, Iberia, Icelandair, JetBlue, Jetstar, LATAM Airlines Group, Qantas Group (Qantas & QantasLink), SAS, Scoot, South African Airways, Spirit Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Thai Airways, Transavia, United Airlines, Vueling. The airline provides, arranges or sells the rating, or only prefers it; a multi-fleet airline may still put you on another type.
• Separate rated and non-rated streams (14): Air Astana, British Airways, easyJet, Etihad Airways, Eurowings, flyadeal, HK Express, IndiGo, Jet2.com, Lufthansa City Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair Group, Smartwings, Wizz Air. The streams open and close separately, and the rated one usually asks for hours on the type.
• A type rating needed to apply (10): Air India (incl. Air India Express), Edelweiss, Hong Kong Airlines, ITA Airways, KLM, Royal Jordanian, STARLUX Airlines, VietJet Air, Vietnam Airlines, Viva Aerobus. Not always on the A320: some accept a rating on another multi-pilot type and assign the fleet themselves.
• Not published or unclear (14): Aer Lingus, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Discover Airlines, EVA Air, flynas, Korean Air, Lufthansa Group, Peach Aviation, Qatar Airways, Saudia, SWISS International Air Lines, Turkish Airlines, Volaris. This includes airlines with no First Officer entry outside a cadet scheme.

The non-rated doors at low hours are on the low-hour pilot jobs page, and the routes from zero on the cadet programmes page.

How to read an A320 vacancy

• Flying the A320 is not hiring for it. A multi-fleet airline decides where you go: KLM sends direct-entry pilots to whichever fleet has training capacity, and says there is no choice in this; Air Canada assigns the fleet; Delta trains you on its fleet type. The tables show each airline’s First Officer seat; the routes section shows where the record names the A320.
• Rated means current. Etihad’s rated vacancies, read on 25 August 2026, wanted the rating valid for at least two more months at joining and the type flown in the last 12 months; easyJet’s rated Gatwick Captains needed a valid A320 licence proficiency check at induction; Air India’s First Officer postings count 500 hours on the A320 family after line release; Ryanair accepts a rating that expired no more than 36 months before the course starts.
• Provided is not always free. TAP provides the A320-family course with a three-year bond and an indemnity of at least EUR 20,500, reduced pro rata; Aer Lingus bonds its operator conversion course, the amount reducing with time served; Wizz Air provides the A320 rating to non-rated joiners without publishing the terms; easyJet offers its non-rated Captains “funding options”, not a free rating. Ask who pays and what the bond is before you sign.
• Hours with a qualifier. Iberia’s 500 hours are on CS-25 aeroplanes; SAS’s 400 hours are on CS-25 or FAR-25 aircraft; Wizz Air’s experienced non-rated First Officer needs 500 hours on a multi-pilot multi-engine turbine aeroplane with a commercial air transport operator; KLM asks for 500 hours on multi-engine aeroplanes of 5,700 kg or more. Every airline’s figure is on the hours requirements page.
• A name in brackets is another airline. Where the fleet column names a group airline (Lauda Europe for Ryanair, HK Express for Cathay Pacific, Network Aviation for Qantas, FlyArystan for Air Astana, Hawaiian for Alaska Airlines), the A320s fly with that airline rather than the parent: Ryanair’s A320 route is for Lauda Europe, and Alaska Airlines hires onto a separate Hawaiian seniority list.
• Licence and passport first. British Airways, easyJet (at Gatwick) and Jet2 want a UK CAA licence; the US airlines want an FAA ATP, or the experience and written exam for one, and the right to work in the US; Thai Airways’ 2026 recruitment is for licensed Thai nationals; EgyptAir’s First Officer intake is for Egyptian nationals; flyadeal’s non-rated streams are for Saudi nationals. The regional pages set out the rules: Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia-Pacific.

For the interview, the top 50 A320 interview questions and the top 25 A320 type rating questions show what technical panels ask, and the complete interview guide covers the HR and competency stages.

Common questions

Which airlines are hiring A320 pilots? 34 of the 73 airlines on our board that fly the A320 family had their First Officer seat open, recruiting or holding a pool, at the last check; the table “First Officer seat open” on this page lists them, each with the date it was checked. That is the airline’s First Officer seat, not always a vacancy on the A320, because multi-fleet airlines assign the fleet. Check each airline’s current status on the jobs board before applying.

Can I get an A320 job without a type rating? Yes. 49 of the 73 airlines publish a First Officer entry for pilots without a type rating, 14 of them alongside a separate rated stream; 10 want a rating held when you apply, and for 14 it is not published or unclear. Where the airline provides the rating, ask who pays for it and whether it is bonded.

How many hours do I need for an A320 job? There is no single figure. The lowest published entry points for non-rated First or Second Officers among these airlines: Air France (no minimum); Vueling (no minimum); Smartwings (70 h); Aegean Airlines (70 h); Jet2.com (100 h); Ryanair Group (100 h). The 8 US airlines here ask for 1,500 hours, the FAA ATP figure, and rated streams often count hours on the type as well as total time.

Which airlines fly the A320 family? 73 of the 121 airlines on our jobs board list the A319, A320 or A321 in their fleet, by region: Europe 29, North America 9, Middle East 7, Asia-Pacific 21, Africa 2, Latin America 5. A few fly them through a group airline, which the tables name in brackets.

Is the A321 the same type rating as the A320? Yes. The A318, A319, A320 and A321, ceo and neo, share one type rating. Pilots moving between the variants complete differences training, and the operator keeps approved tables of the differences between the variants it flies.