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Pilot Jobs in Spain 2026: Binter, Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling and 4 More With Spanish Bases

4 Spanish airlines4 more with Spanish bases2 with the F/O seat openFrom the v1prep jobs boardUpdated 7 November 2026

Our jobs board tracks 4 airlines based in Spain, Binter, Air Europa, Iberia and Vueling, and 4 airlines based elsewhere whose records name Spanish bases: easyJet, Eurowings, Smartwings and Norwegian. At the last check 1 of the 4 Spanish airlines had the First Officer seat open and 1 the Captain seat; of the airlines from elsewhere, Eurowings had the First Officer seat open somewhere in its network. Binter, Air Europa and Iberia ask for Spanish, at levels 4 to 6 depending on the airline and the posting, and Vueling names only English. None of the 8 says it sponsors a visa. This page lists each one with its Spanish bases, seats, language, license and minimum, then the routes from zero hours and the traps in a Spanish pilot vacancy: calls that take registrations for a few weeks and test months later, a license issued by AESA, Spain’s aviation safety agency, the hours each figure counts, the papers a call asks for and who pays for the rating. How to get the license itself, from the Class 1 medical to AESA’s exams, is on the how to become an airline pilot in Spain page.

4airlines based in Spain on our board
4from elsewhere with Spanish bases
2of the 8 with the F/O seat open
3of the 4 Spanish airlines ask for Spanish

Always confirm on the airline’s own careers page before applying. Every figure here is what the airline published at the date shown against it on our jobs board; entries marked Unconfirmed are ones whose requirements we found but whose current vacancy status we could not establish from the airline’s own pages. Vacancies open and close without notice.

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On this page
  1. The Spanish airlines
  2. Airlines from elsewhere with Spanish bases
  3. Who is hiring, seat by seat
  4. Spanish, English and the license
  5. Routes from zero hours
  6. How to read a Spanish pilot vacancy
  7. Common questions

The Spanish airlines (4)

Every airline on our board based in Spain, by its status at the last check. The license and right-to-work columns are its record’s own summary; the hours are the published minimum, in the airline’s own measure; the language is what its published requirements ask beyond English.

A white Iberia Airbus A320 with a red and yellow tail, landing gear down, in front of dark gray cloud.
An Iberia Airbus A320 landing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.Photo: Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AirlineBases, as recordedF/O seatCaptain seatLicensePublished minimumLanguageRight to workChecked
Binter RecruitingCanary IslandsRecruitingRecruitingATPL or CPL · E-2 listing: CPL/MPL, IR, MCCNo minimum (Piloto) · MPL: 70 h PIC (September E-2) · Captain: not givenSpanish, level 4 or 5 by postingNot published · Spanish 4+5 November 2026
Air Europa UnconfirmedMadridUnconfirmedUnconfirmedEASA frozen ATPL · MCCNone in Oct 2026 call · rated call: 500 h B737Spanish, level 6Spain (DNI/NIE) · Spanish level 62 November 2026
Iberia Not recruitingMadridNot recruitingNot offeredEASA frozen ATPL(A) + MCC · AESA conversion500 h on CS-25 · currently line-flyingSpanish, level 5EU · no visa sponsorship7 November 2026
Vueling Not recruitingBarcelona-El Prat · Bilbao · Málaga · Palma de Mallorca · Seville · Valencia · Alicante · Gran Canaria · Tenerife · Paris-Orly · Rome-Fiumicino · FlorenceNot recruitingNot offeredATPL frozen or unfrozen · Spanish EASA pre-OCCNo total-time minimum · '200 factorized h'English onlyNot published · Spanish EASA7 November 2026

Read the bases with their source: Iberia’s last direct-entry call named Madrid as its only base (checked 7 November 2026); Air Europa’s 2026 calls were for its Madrid base, on a permanent contract from the start (checked 2 November 2026); Binter’s “Piloto” posting names no base, and which bases take the pilots it hires is among the points we could not confirm: job boards’ undated copies of its listings name Gran Canaria and Tenerife North (checked 5 November 2026); Vueling’s last call gave its head office near Barcelona as the location and no operating base, and its base list comes partly from third parties (checked 7 November 2026). Each airline’s terms are set out line by line on its requirements page: Binter, Air Europa, Iberia and Vueling.

Airlines from elsewhere with Spanish bases (4)

These airlines are based outside Spain but name Spanish bases in their records, quoted here as recorded. Their seats are counted across their whole network, so an open seat is not necessarily an open seat in Spain.

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A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 in flight at Munich Airport.Photo: Julian Herzog · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AirlineCountrySpanish bases, as recordedF/O seatCaptain seatLanguageRight to workChecked
easyJet RecruitingUnited KingdomSpain - Barcelona appears on public 2026 base lists (our study-guide research, September 2026), though not on easyJet’s careers-page country listNot recruitingRecruitingEnglish onlyUK · EU for Marrakesh role12 October 2026
Eurowings RecruitingGermanyPalmaRecruitingRecruitingNot published or unclearEU / EEA30 October 2026
Smartwings RecruitingCzech RepublicThe same vacancy gives the operational bases as the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland, Hungary, France and the Canary IslandsUnconfirmedRecruitingEnglish onlyEU passport (Capt)6 November 2026
Norwegian UnconfirmedNorwayBoth ads state the position location as 'Europe', and state that an applicant may in the end receive an offer at any Norwegian base in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia or Spain. The individual base airports are not named in the vacancy text.UnconfirmedNot recruitingEnglish onlyEU/EEC · unrestricted passport30 October 2026

Read the base lists with care: easyJet’s careers pages publish base countries only, and Spain is not on their list: Barcelona is in its record from public 2026 base lists (checked 12 October 2026); Eurowings’ First Officer vacancies in search results included one for Palma and Prague, while a job board’s copy said applications had closed for a Stockholm, Palma and Prague posting (checked 30 October 2026); Norwegian’s last First Officer vacancies, which closed on 31 August 2026, said an offer may come at any of its bases in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia or Spain, named no airport, and left the base to the contract offer (checked 30 October 2026); Smartwings’ careers-page vacancy for B737 type-rated Captains named the Canary Islands among its operational bases, but based those Captains in Bratislava, Budapest or Brno, with Katowice and Warsaw as needed (checked 6 November 2026).

Left out, because their base lists name no Spanish base: Ryanair, listed under Ireland, which publishes no full pilot base list (checked 12 October 2026); Etihad, whose pilots page listed a recruitment event in Barcelona on 28 October 2026; whether its events are assessments or only a chance to register your interest is among the points we could not confirm (checked 20 October 2026). Other airlines based in Spain, Iberia Express and Volotea among them, are not on our board, so read their own careers pages; the Spain country page names them.

Who is hiring, seat by seat

First Officer seat open at the last check: Binter and Eurowings. Captain seat open: Binter, easyJet, Eurowings and Smartwings. Each airline as its record sums it up, with the date of the check; for the airlines from elsewhere the summary is for the whole network:

For Captains in Spain: Binter’s job portal listed two ATR 72-600 Captain postings at Puerto del Rosario, in Fuerteventura, filed under the label “NY Piloto”, which the list does not spell out, and what they ask is among the points we could not confirm (checked 5 November 2026); Air Europa publishes no direct-entry Captain route, and whether it will open a call is among the points we could not confirm (checked 2 November 2026); Iberia publishes no direct-entry Captain scheme, and whether it ever takes Captains from outside is among the points we could not confirm (checked 7 November 2026); Vueling has published no direct-entry Captain vacancy that we found (checked 7 November 2026); Eurowings publishes direct-entry and fast-track Captain routes, the fast track from 4,000 hours on aircraft above 19.5 tonnes (checked 30 October 2026); easyJet’s Captain vacancies at its last check were at London Gatwick, for UK-licensed Captains, and in Marrakesh, on a two-year contract through an agency rather than with easyJet, none in Spain (checked 12 October 2026). Every airline that takes Captains from outside is on the direct entry Captain jobs page.

Spanish, English and the license

Everywhere in the EASA system a pilot who uses the radio needs a language proficiency endorsement at ICAO Level 4 or above, in English or in the language used on the radio (FCL.055, step 3 of the Europe page), but the airlines decide what else they ask: Iberia’s last direct-entry call asked for Spanish (castellano) at level 5 and English at level 4, and its 2026 cadet call for English at B2 and, from candidates who are not Spanish, Spanish at C1 (checked 7 November 2026); Air Europa’s three 2026 calls asked for Spanish at ICAO Level 6, the expert level, and English at Level 4 (checked 2 November 2026); Binter’s standing “Piloto” posting asks for English and Spanish at level 4 at least, and its E195-E2 First Officer listings of September 2026 asked for Spanish at Level 5 (checked 5 November 2026); Vueling’s last First Officer call named only ICAO English, at Level 4 or higher, held before its operator conversion course (checked 7 November 2026). Of the airlines from elsewhere, Norwegian asks for English at level 5 or higher (checked 30 October 2026); easyJet for ICAO English at Level 4 (checked 12 October 2026); Smartwings for ICAO English at Level 4 or above (checked 6 November 2026); Eurowings for ICAO Level 4, and calls German useful (checked 30 October 2026). A level 4, 5 or 6 is on the ICAO scale, a B2 or C1 on the European (CEFR) scale of general language certificates, so check which one a call names before you book a test; the Spain country page sets out the two scales.

A license issued by any EASA state is valid in Spain without conversion (step 6 of the Spain country page), yet an airline may want it from a given authority: Iberia wants a license not issued by AESA converted, starting at once and finished within four months of hiring, at your own cost (checked 7 November 2026); Vueling’s last call wanted a Spanish EASA license held before its operator conversion course, though not at application (checked 7 November 2026); Norwegian accepts any EASA license at application but wants one from outside Scandinavia, a Spanish one included, converted to a Danish, Swedish or Norwegian license within 12 months of signing (checked 30 October 2026); easyJet sets the license per vacancy, and its Gatwick Captain vacancies wanted a UK CAA license, which an EASA license alone did not meet (checked 12 October 2026). Moving a license to AESA is a transfer between EASA authorities, set out step by step on the same page; start it as soon as you have an offer. A license from outside the EASA system is converted first: FAA vs EASA covers the FAA conversion.

Routes from zero hours

The cadet routes the Spanish airline’s record names, worded as recorded. The First Officer status is a different thing: a scheme can be open while direct entry is shut, and the other way round.

Vueling MAPS, its Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme with FTEJerez, an MPL course that includes the A320 type rating, was closed for applications when FTEJerez’s page for it was read on 7 November 2026, which said the scheme will return. Spanish schools also appear in other airlines’ records: easyJet names FTE Jerez among the partner schools whose graduates it may take, should it have additional vacancies, which it says are not guaranteed (checked 12 October 2026); Norwegian named FTEJerez among four partner schools in a December 2024 agreement under which it may offer jobs to graduates, with no place, sponsorship or job promised, and whether it still applies in 2026 is among the points we could not confirm (checked 30 October 2026); Luxair’s Pilot Cadet Program, which pre-finances flight-school costs up to €80,000, trains at schools in Mönchengladbach and near Barcelona, the schools as search results gave them, and had no intake open on 28 October 2026 (checked 28 October 2026); TAP’s graduate-placement agreement with FTEJerez was announced in March 2019 and is not confirmed as active (checked 12 October 2026). A school that names an airline as a partner is not a cadetship: ask who selects you, who pays and what is promised. What Iberia Cadetes and Vueling MAPS ask, the cadet programs that schools advertise for Volotea and the university degree with the license are on the Spain country page, and who pays on each scheme on the cadet programs page.

How to read a Spanish pilot vacancy

An Air Europa Boeing 737 MAX 8 in its white livery with the blue tail and the ae logo, taxiing.
An Air Europa Boeing 737 MAX 8, EC-OPA, at Frankfurt in January 2026.Photo: Sg1959 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The other airlines of the region, from Ireland to Turkey, are on the pilot jobs in Europe page, and the doors at low hours on the low-hour pilot jobs page.

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Common questions

Which airlines are hiring pilots in Spain? At the last check the First Officer seat was open at Binter and Eurowings and the Captain seat at Binter, easyJet, Eurowings and Smartwings; at Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling and Norwegian both seats were closed, not offered or unconfirmed. For the airlines based outside Spain, these are their seats across the whole network, not necessarily in Spain. The tables on this page give the date each airline was checked; confirm the vacancy on the airline’s own careers page before applying.

Are Iberia, Vueling and Air Europa hiring pilots? Iberia’s careers portal listed no pilot vacancy on 7 November 2026, as on 25 August 2026, when it also showed no cadet listing and its last direct-entry vacancy as filled (checked 7 November 2026); Vueling had no pilot vacancy, its last First Officer call had expired and only its pilots’ talent pool was open (checked 7 November 2026); Air Europa’s First Officer call for its Madrid base, for pilots who have just finished their training, had passed its registration deadline of 31 October 2026, with its tests, interview and simulator expected in January and February 2027 (checked 2 November 2026). Watch each airline’s own careers portal for the next call.

Do you need to speak Spanish to fly for an airline in Spain? Iberia’s last direct-entry call asked for Spanish (castellano) at level 5 and English at level 4, and its 2026 cadet call for English at B2 and, from candidates who are not Spanish, Spanish at C1; Air Europa’s three 2026 calls asked for Spanish at ICAO Level 6, the expert level, and English at Level 4; Binter’s standing “Piloto” posting asks for English and Spanish at level 4 at least, and its E195-E2 First Officer listings of September 2026 asked for Spanish at Level 5; Vueling’s last First Officer call named only ICAO English, at Level 4 or higher, held before its operator conversion course. Of the airlines from elsewhere with Spanish bases, Norwegian asks for English at level 5 or higher; easyJet for ICAO English at Level 4; Smartwings for ICAO English at Level 4 or above; Eurowings for ICAO Level 4, and calls German useful. The license itself needs a language proficiency endorsement at ICAO Level 4 or above, in English or the language used on the radio (FCL.055).

Which airlines from outside Spain have pilot bases there? On our board, easyJet, Eurowings, Smartwings and Norwegian, as their records give them. easyJet’s careers pages publish base countries only, and Spain is not on their list: Barcelona is in its record from public 2026 base lists; Eurowings’ First Officer vacancies in search results included one for Palma and Prague, while a job board’s copy said applications had closed for a Stockholm, Palma and Prague posting; Norwegian’s last First Officer vacancies, which closed on 31 August 2026, said an offer may come at any of its bases in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia or Spain, named no airport, and left the base to the contract offer; Smartwings’ careers-page vacancy for B737 type-rated Captains named the Canary Islands among its operational bases, but based those Captains in Bratislava, Budapest or Brno, with Katowice and Warsaw as needed. Their seat status is for their whole network, so read each vacancy’s base.

Do you need a Spanish license to fly in Spain? Not by law: a license issued by any EASA state is valid in Spain without conversion. An airline may still ask for one: Iberia wants a license not issued by AESA converted, starting at once and finished within four months of hiring, at your own cost; Vueling’s last call wanted a Spanish EASA license held before its operator conversion course, though not at application; Norwegian accepts any EASA license at application but wants one from outside Scandinavia, a Spanish one included, converted to a Danish, Swedish or Norwegian license within 12 months of signing; easyJet sets the license per vacancy, and its Gatwick Captain vacancies wanted a UK CAA license, which an EASA license alone did not meet. A license from outside the EASA system must be converted first.

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