About This Role
HK Express, Hong Kong's first and only low-cost carrier, is recruiting Airbus A320 First Officers for its Hong Kong base through two parallel entry streams: pilots who already hold an A320 type rating and pilots who do not. The airline flies one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the world and keeps opening new routes, often to secondary and emerging destinations across the region. Both streams require a valid multi-engine ICAO CPL with an Instrument Rating acceptable to the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD), a radiotelephony operator's licence, a Class 1 medical certificate and ICAO English Level 4 or above. Type-rated applicants need 500 flying hours on type, while non-type-rated applicants qualify through one of three alternative flight-experience routes starting at 1,000 hours. The package includes a contractual bonus and profit-sharing scheme, 35 days of annual leave, relocation subsidies, Cathay Pacific Group travel benefits, and life, personal-accident and loss-of-income insurance.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as a First Officer on HK Express's Airbus A320 fleet, flying the airline's low-cost scheduled passenger network from its Hong Kong base to destinations across the region, including the new secondary and emerging routes the airline continues to open.
What We Offer
Contractual bonus and profit-sharing scheme35 days of annual leaverelocation subsidiesCathay Pacific Group travel benefitslife and personal accident insuranceand loss-of-income insurance.
Requirements
- Two entry streams are offered for the same Airbus A320 First Officer role.
- A320 type-rated stream: minimum flight experience of 500 flying hours on type.
- Non-type-rated stream: minimum flight experience through one of three alternative routes: (1) 1,000 flying hours, of which 500 hours must be on a turbine-powered aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off weight above 5,670 kg used for commercial aviation
- (2) 1,000 hours, of which 500 hours on a corporate jet
- or (3) 2,000 hours, of which 500 hours on a civil-registered transport aircraft certificated for multi-crew operations.
- Both streams also require: a valid multi-engine ICAO CPL gained without exemptions, with an Instrument Rating acceptable to the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD)
- a valid radiotelephony operator's licence
- a valid Class 1 Medical Certificate
- and ICAO English Level 4 or above. Applicants must upload their most recent Flying Experience Form to complete the application.