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Trinity Airways: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
South Korea · Low-cost · TW / TWB
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Part of the Sono Trinity Group group
Renamed from T'way Air to Trinity Airways in 2026 after Daemyung Sono (now Sono Trinity Group, 46% from Feb 2025) took control; shareholders approved in March 2026 and the new livery debuted in Sept 2026. In Jan 2026 the airline ran open-ended recruitment of experienced A330 first officers (1,000 h airline time, prior FO experience) and in June-July 2026 hired ab-initio B737 first officers (250 h, closing 6 Jul 2026, start Nov 2026). Both via its own careers site; no live posting was viewed.
Pay
No captain or first-officer pay figure was found in an airline, union, agency or press source. SAT Economy (27 Jun 2025): the pilots' union said a planned 5% raise for 2025 was cut to 2.5% around the Sono takeover (the company said this was decided before the change of control), and the union complained of about 7 crew sets per aircraft versus the 8-10 it considers safe. Bizwatch (Jun 2023): all staff got 13% in Feb 2023; all-employee average pay about KRW 41 million in 2022 (not pilot-specific). Aju News (Jul 2024) listed T'way as one of the LCCs that hired pilots away from Jeju Air with higher pay. DART business-report flight-crew averages could not be retrieved. Second search pass (Nov 2026) still found no pilot-specific figure. For context only: Korea Financial News (2 Apr 2026) wrote that T'way corrected its 2025 business report, cutting the stated all-employee average pay from KRW 137 million to KRW 69 million (2024: 65 million); this is a company-wide average, not pilot pay.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Roster
- Union (Jun 2025) said staffing was just over 7 pilot crew sets per aircraft.
- Bases
- TAE, ICN, GMP
- Fleet
- B737-800, B737-8, A330-200, A330-300, A330-900, B777-300ER
- Union
- T'way Air pilots' union (티웨이항공 조종사 노동조합)
Requirements
- First officer
- 250 hours minimum
- Type rating
- Ab-initio B737 FO: JET type qualification may be obtained before joining; B737 type rating preferred. A330 experienced FO: prior airline FO experience.
- Licence
- Korean CPL/ATPL (multi-engine land); foreign licences only if converted
- Other
- Class 1 medical, aviation English Level 4+, radio licence. Experienced A330 FO: 1,000 h on air transport aircraft (Hankyung, Jan 2026).
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2025-06 · checked 1 Nov 2026
- 티웨이항공 미래 '흐림'... 임금 인상률 삭감 (SAT Economy, 27 Jun 2025)
- T'way A330 experienced FO recruitment (Hankyung, 12 Jan 2026)
- T'way B737 new FO recruitment (Financial News, 28 Jun 2026)
- 티웨이항공, B737 신입 부기장 채용 (Herald, 27 Jun 2026)
- T'way Air rebrands as Trinity Airways (Korea Times, 6 Aug 2026)
- LCC wage increases 2023 (Bizwatch, 13 Jun 2023)
- 티웨이항공, 사업보고서 정정…연봉 1위→꼴찌 (Korea Financial News via Daum, 2 Apr 2026)
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