About Air Hong Kong
Air Hong Kong is a cargo airline from Hong Kong. Its airline codes are LD (IATA) and AHK (ICAO). Air Hong Kong flies 14 aircraft (October 2026), among them the Airbus A330-200F and Airbus A330-300P2F. Its main hub: Hong Kong (HKG). Air Hong Kong is part of Cathay Pacific.
There is a direct-entry route for first officers. The link to the pilot careers portal is in the profile on this page. You will find the listed requirements on this page: licence, flying hours, medical certificate, language and right to work.
Air Hong Kong at a glance
Part of Cathay Pacific- IATA / ICAO
- LD / AHK4
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Hubs
- Hong Kong (HKG)4
- Fleet
- Airbus A330-200F, Airbus A330-300P2F4
- Direct entry
- First officers12
What does Air Hong Kong ask of pilots?
- Licence
- Valid ICAO CPL with frozen ATPL and multi-engine instrument rating5
- Hours
- Minimum 3,000 hours, including 1,000 hours jet5
- Medical
- Current Class 1 medical certificate5
- Language
- ICAO level 4 spoken English5
- Right to work
- Hong Kong permanent residents preferred; non-residents willing to relocate accepted, subject to government approval5
- 1Pilot | Air Hong Kong careers · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Current Openings | Air Hong Kong · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3About Us | Air Hong Kong · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Air Hong Kong (English Wikipedia) · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5A330 First Officer | Air Hong Kong · accessed 11 Oct 2026

