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Wizz Air pilot hiring requirements

AirlineHungaryEuropeWZZ / W6

Registered as Wizz Air Hungary Ltd..

Verified 15 August 2026

Wizz Air is a Hungary-based ultra low-cost carrier operating an all-Airbus A320 family fleet across Central and Eastern Europe. It hires ab-initio cadets through its own Pilot Academy and recruits direct entry captains and first officers on both type-rated and non-type-rated tracks.

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  • Check carefullyPilot Academy training is recovered as a bond of 25,000 EUR over 5 years via a 415 EUR per month automatic salary deduction, with a further deferred payment of 47,510 EUR repaid in installments of 520 to 1000 EUR per month after release as First Officer.

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Vacancies we can see at Wizz Air

Wizz Air Pilot Academy Programme

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Wizz AirHungaryCadet

No licence or hours minimum stated. Open the vacancy for what is on record.

Pilot Application Form

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Wizz AirHungaryFlight deck, rank not stated

No licence or hours minimum stated. Open the vacancy for what is on record.

Wizz Air Pilot Academy - She Can Fly Programme

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Wizz AirHungaryCadet

No licence or hours minimum stated. Open the vacancy for what is on record.

Wizz Air Pilot Academy ALBANIA

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Wizz AirHungary (WAPA)Cadet

No licence or hours minimum stated. Open the vacancy for what is on record.

What we can read from Wizz Air's own careers system today. It is not necessarily everything they have open, so treat the official careers page as the complete list.

What the operator asks for

Minimum requirements on record

Only what Wizz Air states publicly. "Not stated" means the operator does not publish that figure, not that there is no requirement, and never that the requirement is zero.

Licence
EASA licence
Total time
Not stated
PIC time
Not stated
Multi-engine
Not stated
Turbine
Not stated
On type
Not stated
Type rating
Type rating provided under a bond (60 months, EUR 25,000)source
Medical
Class 1source
ICAO English
Level 4source
Age
18 minimumsource
Right to work
EUsource
Also required
Minimum high school degree (Pilot Academy applicants)
Also required
Good understanding of Maths and Physics (Pilot Academy applicants)
Also required
Current Airbus A3xx full FBW type rating and IR (combined) in a valid license, for A320 direct entry captains
Also required
Current multi-engine class or type rating and IR (combined) in a valid license, for non-type-rated direct entry
Also required
Direct entry captain: minimum 3,500 factorized hours
Also required
Direct entry captain (A320 type rated): minimum 500 hours actual flight time on A320 and 1,000 hours as PIC on Airbus A3xx full FBW
Also required
Direct entry captain (non type rated): minimum 1,000 hours as PIC on certified multi-engine turbine over 50t MTOW
Also required
Experienced first officer: minimum 500 hours on A320 if type rated, or 500 hours on certified turbine aircraft in commercial operations if not

Any age, nationality, residency, height or vision criterion above is the operator's own stated criterion, quoted from its own page. Some such criteria are lawful where an operator recruits and unlawful elsewhere, including in the EU. SkyStudy reports them factually and does not adopt them as requirements of its own.

Every published profile is checked by hand against the operator's own careers page, and is flagged for a recheck 180 days after that check. Requirements change without notice, so confirm every figure on the operator's own careers page before you apply.

Pay and contract

Contract type: Not stated. Do not assume direct employment; some operators contract through an agency or on a self-employed basis, which changes tax, sick pay and pension entirely.

Pay: Not stated on the operator's own page.

For what pilots earn by region and seat, with its own sources and dates, see the pilot salary guide. Those are market ranges, not an offer from this operator.

Selection process

  1. 01Online pilot aptitude testFirst stage of the recruitment, completed online.
  2. 02Psychological assessmentSecond stage of the recruitment, completed online.
  3. 03Group exerciseTakes place in Budapest.
  4. 04Personal interviewFinal stage in Budapest, reached if the candidate passes the group exercise.

Interview: A personal interview in Budapest, reached after the group exercise stage.

Bases

  • Budapest (BUD)

Fleet

  • Airbus A320
  • Airbus A321

Worth knowing

Notes on this operator

  • Cadet routeWizz Air Pilot Academy is the airline's named ab-initio cadet programme, open to applicants aged 18 or above with a minimum high school degree.
  • ContextWizz Air publishes a different hour minimum for every entry route on one vacancy page, so no single figure is the operator's minimum. The licence, medical, English and right-to-work lines above apply to all positions; the hour figures are listed per route under 'Also required'.

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