What are the requirements to fly for Iberia Express?

captain 3,000 hours minimum; ATPL (company pays issue)

Iberia Express: pilot jobs, pay and conditions

Q: How much does a first officer at Iberia Express earn?

EUR 38,000–70,000 a year, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Q: How much does a captain at Iberia Express earn?

EUR 78,000–130,000 a year, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Spain · Low-cost · I2 / IBS

Hiring status unknown

Part of the International Airlines Group (IAG) group

No pilot vacancy checked on the airline's own site during this research (Nov 2026). More A321neos on order.

Pay

Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.

First officer

EUR 38,000–70,000 a year

Captain

EUR 78,000–130,000 a year

Figures are third-party estimates from a ReadyForTakeoff pilot-conditions article (1 Mar 2026), which says Iberia Express does not publish its pay scales; they are not taken from the convenio. Annual gross EUR: FO min = year-1 low end, FO max = years 7-10 high end; Captain min = entry low end, Captain max = 5+ years high end. The same page estimates per diems add about 5,000-12,000 EUR a year. Binding document: II Convenio colectivo de Iberia Express y sus trabajadores pilotos (BOE 3 May 2024, BOE-A-2024-8948), valid 1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026, salary tables (Anexo I) effective 1 Jul 2023 (Art. 1.3); the BOE online text is cut off before Anexo I, so the official tables could not be read. Known amounts from the convenio: forced detachment pays 70 EUR/day domestic or 100 EUR/day international from day 16; forced base change pays two base salaries plus 2,200 EUR and moving help (Art. 7.5); duty travel under 7 days credited at 4 flight hours per day plus per diem (Art. 5.3).

Agreements

II Convenio colectivo de la Compañía Operadora de Corto y Medio Radio Iberia Express, SAU, y sus trabajadores pilotos ↗
Boletín Oficial del Estado · CLA · 2023–2026

Open vacancies (0)

No open pilot vacancies listed right now.

Conditions

Allowances: Duty travel: 4 flight hours/day credit plus per diem under 7 days; fleet monthly average hours beyond 7 days (Art. 5.3). Forced detachment 70/100 EUR per day from day 16; forced base change two base salaries + 2,200 EUR (Art. 7.5). Company pays Class 1 medical, type-rating maintenance, visas, ATPL issue and AESA revalidations (Art. 2.1).
Roster: 12 days off per month from 1 Jan 2024 (Art. 11.2.1, cited in Art. 1.3). Phone availability from 75 min before sign-on (90 min in Madrid) to 30 min after last on-blocks (Art. 2.5).
Bases: MAD
Fleet: A320, A321neo
Union: SEPLA

Requirements

Captain: 3,000 hours minimum
Type rating: Company-funded training with a two-year bond (Art. 2.2).
Bond: Two-year stay commitment after company-funded courses; total cost / 24 repaid per month short (Art. 2.2). Cost includes instructor salaries, simulators and per diems.
Licence: ATPL (company pays issue)
Other: Hiring mainly permanent; early hires under prior commitments may be on fixed-term contracts of up to 3 years, extendable to 5 (Art. 4.2, 4.4). Six-month probation. Captain upgrade needs 3,000 factored hours (Iberia Express 1.0, other A320 operators 0.9/0.8) and at least 80% of fleet/base average hours (Arts. 4.8, 4.10).

Sources

Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2024-05 · checked 1 Nov 2026

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