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Pilot hiring report: November 2026

Updated daily from the vacancies on Pilot Jobs International, last update 1 Nov 2026. Figures cover the 30 days to 1 Nov 2026.

Our daily tracking started on 27 Oct 2026, so "new" counts every vacancy found since then.

274 of the 306 open vacancies are for pilots, most of them in Europe (105). 97 airlines are actively recruiting pilots.

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Most in-demand aircraft

• Airbus A320 family: 64
• Boeing 737: 24
• Bombardier Global: 24
• Embraer: 22
• Gulfstream: 17
• Airbus A330: 16
• Boeing 787: 15
• Boeing 777: 12

Employers with the most open vacancies

• Jet Aviation: 15 open vacancies
• Etihad Airways: 8 open vacancies
• HongKong Jet: 7 open vacancies
• Vista America: 7 open vacancies
• Ryanair DAC: 6 open vacancies
• Vista Global (VistaJet): 6 open vacancies
• Royal Jordanian: 5 open vacancies
• Condor: 5 open vacancies
• Qantas (incl. QantasLink): 5 open vacancies
• Vietnam Airlines: 5 open vacancies
• Air Peace: 4 open vacancies
• Royal Air Maroc: 4 open vacancies

Airlines actively hiring pilots (97)

Aegean Airlines, Air Astana, Air Canada (incl. Rouge), Air Côte d'Ivoire, Air India, Air Japan, Air Peace, Airblue, Airnorth, Akasa Air, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Arajet, Avianca, Avion Express, Azul Linhas Aéreas, BEOND, Blue Islands, Breeze Airways, Buzz (Ryanair Sun), Canadian North, Cargolux Airlines International, Chair Airlines, Challenge Airlines (BE), Challenge Airlines (MT), CMA CGM Air Cargo, Condor, Confidential Asian LCC (Brookfield client), Danish Air Transport, Delta Air Lines, DHL - European Air Transport Leipzig, DHL Aero Expreso (DHL Aviation Panama), easyJet, Emirates, Empire Airlines, Endeavor Air, Enter Air, Envoy Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, FedEx Express, Fly4 Airlines, flydubai, Frontier Airlines, German Airways, Global Airways (Lithuania), GoJet Airlines, Greater Bay Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines (Alaska Air Group), Heston Airlines, Hi Fly, IndiGo, ITA Airways, Jet2.com, JetSMART, Jetstar Japan, Kenn Borek Air, KM Malta Airlines, Korean Air, LATAM Airlines, Loganair, Lufthansa City Airlines, Lynden Air Cargo, National Airlines, Nile Air, One Air, Peach Aviation, Piedmont Airlines, PNG Air, PSA Airlines, RAF-Avia, Republic Airways, Rise Air, Riyadh Air, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, RwandAir, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Seaborne Airlines, Skymark Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, STARLUX Airlines, Sun PhuQuoc Airways, Sunclass Airlines, SunExpress, SWISS International Air Lines, Transavia (Netherlands), Tropic Ocean Airways, TUI fly Deutschland (TUI fly GmbH), Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, UPS Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin Australia, West Atlantic UK, Wizz Air, Xfly

Pay and hiring changes

• 31 Oct 2026 · Allegiant Air: Union TA26 pay summary added: FO yr1 $107.28/hr, FO yr12 $214.63, captain yr12 $320 from 1 Jul 2026.
• 31 Oct 2026 · Breeze Airways: Pay added from Breeze job adverts: A220 FO $105–158/hr, captain $215–280/hr.
• 31 Oct 2026 · GoJet Airlines: Pay added: starting rates FO $90/hr, captain $142.50/hr (GoJet, Dec 2022).
• 31 Oct 2026 · Aegean Airlines: Indicative pay added: FO €1,950–2,600, captain €3,800–5,350 a month (pilot conditions blog).
• 31 Oct 2026 · Endeavor Air: First-year FO rate updated to $106.66/h from Endeavor's own pilot pay page (3rd-year captain $170.66/h).
• 31 Oct 2026 · Republic Airways: Teamsters Local 357 summary of Republic's 2022 pilot agreement added (91.5% in favour; FO pay up 70–90%, captain pay up 54%).
• 31 Oct 2026 · Loganair: Pay added: FO £39,843–47,531 and captain £72,425–89,210 basic a year (pilot conditions blog).
• 31 Oct 2026 · Jetstar Airways: Pay added: captain base about AUD 200,000 a year (pilot forum); no FO figure available.
• 31 Oct 2026 · WestJet: Added approximate WestJet FO and captain hourly pay ranges from a 2026 pilot conditions blog (low confidence).
• 31 Oct 2026 · TUI fly Deutschland (TUI fly GmbH): Added approximate TUIfly Germany FO and captain monthly gross pay ranges from a 2026 pilot conditions blog (low confidence).
• 31 Oct 2026 · ASL Airlines France: Added estimated ASL Airlines France FO and captain annual gross pay ranges from a 2026 pilot conditions blog (low confidence).
• 31 Oct 2026 · United Airlines: Added the full UPA 2023 pilot agreement text hosted by the ALPA United MEC (pay tables in Section 3-A could not be read because the PDF is too large for the reader; effective and amendable dates not confirmed in the portion read).

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