About Air Belgium
Based in Belgium, Air Belgium is a cargo airline. Its airline codes are KF (IATA) and ABB (ICAO). Air Belgium operates from Brussels (BRU). Air Belgium flies 4 aircraft (October 2026), among them the Boeing 747-8F and Airbus A330-200F.
Licensed pilots can join Air Belgium as direct-entry first officers. The link to the pilot careers portal is in the profile on this page. The requirements section on this page covers licence, type rating, flying hours, language, right to work and medical certificate.
Air Belgium at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- KF / ABB4
- Country
- Belgium
- Hubs
- Brussels (BRU)4
- Fleet
- Boeing 747-8F, Airbus A330-200F1
- Direct entry
- First officers3
SELECTIONPractise the parts most pilot selections share: aptitude tests, maths and physics, English and the interview.All selection practice plans
What does Air Belgium ask of pilots?
- Licence
- Valid EASA CPL or ATPL3
- Type rating
- Valid type rating with valid IR rating, present or endorsed on the EASA licence3
- Hours
- 1500 h on B737/B747/B757/B767 or B777/787 and 2000 h on aircraft with MTOW above 44 tonnes3
- Language
- English Language Proficiency level 5 or better3
- Right to work
- Right to work and live in Belgium; operational home base within 150 km of Mont-Saint-Guibert3
- Medical
- All certificates, including health-related ones, required to enter the territories served3
- 1Air Belgium home page · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Air Belgium jobs · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3Air Belgium vacancy: First Officer B747 · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Air Belgium · accessed 11 Oct 2026
