About Avion Express
Avion Express is a leisure airline from Lithuania. In timetables it appears as X9; in flight plans as NVD. Its hub is Vilnius (VNO). Its fleet includes the Airbus A320. Avion Express Malta is part of Avion Express and has its own page here.
Avion Express runs a cadet route for future pilots: the Avion Express Cadet Program. Partner for the programme: BAA Training. On 11 October 2026 the programme was listed as closed. There is also a direct-entry route for first officers and captains. Pilot vacancies are published on a careers portal, linked in the profile on this page. This page sets out the selection in 5 stages.
The five phases
Avion Express at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- X9 / NVD1
- Country
- Lithuania
- Hubs
- Vilnius (VNO)1
- Fleet
- Airbus A3201
- Cadet programme
- Avion Express Cadet Program (closed as of 11 Oct 2026)4
- Direct entry
- First officers, Captains3
- 1Avion Express (Wikipedia) · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Avion Express home · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3Pilot careers - Avion Express Careers · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Avion Express Cadet Program | BAA Training · accessed 10 Oct 2026

