Pay & conditions · Middle East
Saudia: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Saudi Arabia · Legacy · SV / SVA
Hiring selectively
Recruiting nationals and expats for fleet growth, with Saudization priority; no specific open vacancies confirmed. Apply via careers.saudia.com.
Pay
Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.
Base salary only (2026 estimates, no published scale). Flight pay approx SAR 250/block hr, overtime and Ramadan bonus extra.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Expat housing approx SAR 25,000/month or compound housing; flight pay; education for up to 3 children; relocation approx USD 10k.
- Bases
- JED, RUH, DMM, MED
- Fleet
- A320, A321, A321neo, A330, B777, B787
- Benefits
- Tax-free. Expats on 3-year renewable contracts. End-of-service gratuity, performance bonus, SkyTeam staff travel.
- Careers site
- saudia.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Captain
- 5,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- unknown
- Licence
- ICAO ATPL (frozen ATPL OK for FO), Class 1, ICAO English L5
- Other
- CPT: 2,000 PIC on type, recent A320/777 flying.
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-05 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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