Pay & conditions · Middle East
Jazeera Airways pilot salary 2026, jobs and conditions
Kuwait · Low-cost · J9 / JZR
Hiring status unknown
Recruits A320 direct-entry captains and type-rated first officers in campaigns; no pilot role on its own careers page on 2 Nov 2026.
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 monthly basic salary plus housing allowance by total hours, from pilot-submitted Pilot Jobs Network data (May 2023): 1,500–2,500 h KWD 1,050 + 300 housing; 2,500–3,500 h 1,350 + 350; 3,500–4,500 h 1,550 + 400; 4,500+ h 1,750 + 500. Flying pay and per diems come on top and are not included. Captain figures found are from 2010 and too old to use; salary articles only give their own estimates, so no captain range is shown. Tax-free.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Housing allowance by hours band (KWD 300–500 a month for first officers, included in the figures); per diems by monthly flying hours on top.
- Bases
- KWI
- Fleet
- A320, A320neo
- Benefits
- Tax-free. About 42 days annual leave; medical, life and loss-of-licence cover; staff travel including family; end-of-service gratuity under Kuwait labour law (no pension).
- Careers site
- jazeeraairways.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Captain
- 5,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- FO: A320 type rating
- Licence
- ICAO ATPL, Class 1, ICAO English level 5
- Other
- Captain: 3,000 h on jets of 30 t or more, 2,000 h PIC incl. 800 on type, age 52 or under. FO: 1,500 h on A320, under 45.
Jazeera Airways pilot requirements
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2023-05 · checked 2 Nov 2026
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