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About AirAsia
AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in Malaysia. It flies under the IATA code AK and ICAO code AXM. Its hubs are Kuala Lumpur, klia2 (KUL), Johor Bahru Senai (JHB), Kota Kinabalu (BKI), Kuching (KCH) and Penang (PEN). The fleet counts 111 aircraft as of October 2026; types include the Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321LR and Airbus A321-200/P2F. Philippines AirAsia is part of AirAsia and has its own page here.
Its cadet route is the AirAsia Cadet Pilot Programme. On 11 October 2026 the programme was listed as closed. The link to its careers website is in the profile on this page. This page sets out the selection in 3 stages.
The three phases
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AirAsia at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- AK / AXM4
- Country
- Malaysia
- Hubs
- Kuala Lumpur (klia2) (KUL), Johor Bahru Senai (JHB), Kota Kinabalu (BKI), Kuching (KCH), Penang (PEN)4
- Fleet
- Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321LR, Airbus A321-200/P2F4
- Cadet programme
- AirAsia Cadet Pilot Programme (closed as of 11 Oct 2026)2
GROUP AIRLINES, ACADEMIES AND PROGRAMMESPhilippines AirAsia
SALARYPilot, AirAsia X (rank not stated, almost 12 years of service): RM18,000 per month (salary stated in an Industrial Court award reported by the New Straits Times, 2020)AirAsia pilot salary
- 1AirAsia Careers | Jobs and Opportunities with AirAsia · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2AirAsia is calling all pilots-to-be as it resumes Cadet Pilot Programme · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 3AirAsia now accepting applications for the 'Dare to Fly! The Allstars Cadet Pilot Program' · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 4English Wikipedia · accessed 11 Oct 2026
