Pilot Aptitude Test Preparation for Cadet Programs

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  IndiGo

  Cadet Pilot Programme via Garuda Aviation

  Closes 5 November 2026

  Indian citizens and OCIs, aged 18 to 40, with at least 51% in physics, maths and English. 21 months to a CPL and an A320 rating. Ground school in Delhi NCR, flying at 43 Air School in South Africa and at GATI in India. ADAPT with Garuda, then a group exercise and an interview with IndiGo. This is the Garuda intake. IndiGo’s other schools run their own windows.

  Garuda registration

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  Qantas

  Qantas Group Pilot Academy

  Closes 15 November 2026

  Open to applicants who can study in Australia. Australian citizenship or permanent residency is required for a Qantas Group job after graduation. You must be 18 to start the course. QG63 starts on 22 March 2027. Later courses on the same page stay open into 2027. Flight Training Adelaide at Wellcamp, Toowoomba, then a CPL, ATPL theory, a multi-engine command instrument rating and MCC. Scholarships for Australian citizens who are women or First Nations students are open through 2028. They cover on-site accommodation and meals.

  Qantas academyAon practice

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  KLM

  KLM Flight Academy

  Open until 1 April 2027

  The 2026/2027 school year. The academy is training 80 students in 2026. €163,500 for 2026, repaid from salary over 10 years if you join KLM. A €335 fee is paid before selection starts. The process takes about 3 to 6 months.

  KLM Flight Academy

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  Lufthansa Group

  European Flight Academy

  Open, DLR certificate required

  A DLR certificate with at least a year left, EU, Swiss or EFTA citizenship, and English at B2. About 22 to 24 months in Bremen or Zurich. German at B2 is required for Zurich. A CPL and a frozen ATPL. You can then apply to Group airlines. It is not a job offer.

  Lufthansa Group posting

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  Cathay Pacific

  Cadet Pilot Programme

  Open through the year

  Right to live and work in Hong Kong or the Chinese Mainland, aged 18 or over. Sponsored, about 80 weeks. Ground school in Hong Kong and overseas, flying in the United States or Australia. Cathay gives you the details for joining in Hong Kong as a second officer once you finish the programme.

  Cathay careers

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  Singapore Airlines

  Ab Initio Cadet Pilot

  Open

  Singapore Flying College, in Singapore and overseas, then further training to first officer. The length of training, then seven years from appointment as a first officer. Only on the Singapore Airlines careers site. The airline does not use recruitment agencies.

  Singapore Airlines careers

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  easyJet

  FlightCrew Futures

  Open through the year

  18 at the start of the course. The Skyborne form asks for the unrestricted right to live and work in the UK. easyJet’s careers page also lists the EU and Switzerland. Integrated ATPL and an A320 type rating, about 18 months, with up to 20 trainees in a course. Self-funded, through Skyborne. easyJet names Skyborne as the partner for this route.

  Skyborne applicationsAon practice

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  Ryanair

  Future Flyer Academy

  Open via partner schools

  Gateway 0 needs no previous flying and can be finished in 16 months or more. Part-sponsored. Applications go to an approved flight school, not to a Ryanair form. The ab initio route includes a Boeing 737 type rating, under a training costs agreement.

  Ryanair partner schoolsAon practice

Not open on that date: British Airways Speedbird closed on 23 April 2026, Air France’s cadet window ended on 31 July 2026, and United Aviate Academy says applications are closed.