About Air Busan
Air Busan is a low-cost airline from South Korea. Its airline codes are BX (IATA) and ABL (ICAO). Air Busan operates from Busan Gimhae (PUS). It has a fleet of 21 aircraft (October 2026), with types including the Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321-200, Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321LR. Air Busan is part of Asiana Airlines.
The link to its careers website is in the profile on this page. The requirements listed on this page cover flying hours, licence, language, medical certificate and type rating. This page sets out the selection in 5 stages.
The five phases
Where to train for Air Busan
One flight school has a published link with this airline. Each entry says what the link is and who states it.SILLA UNIVERSITYSouth KoreaRecruitment partnerAccording to the school
Air Busan at a glance
Part of Asiana Airlines- IATA / ICAO
- BX / ABL1
- Country
- South Korea
- Hubs
- Busan Gimhae (PUS)1
- Fleet
- Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321-200, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321LR1
What does Air Busan ask of pilots?
- Hours
- 1,000 hours total, of which at least 800 hours on scheduled air transport5
- Licence
- Korean commercial or airline transport pilot licence; radio operator licence5
- Language
- Aviation English proficiency level 4 or higher5
- Medical
- Valid Class 1 aviation medical5
- Type rating
- A320 type rating preferred5
- 1Air Busan · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Air Busan recruitment site · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3Korean Air newsroom: integrated LCC predictive maintenance workshop · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Air Busan: '26 experienced flight crew, ongoing recruitment (experienced first officers, rolling), applications 2026-01-19 to 2026-12-31 · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5Air Busan experienced first officer job notice · accessed 11 Oct 2026

