About EVA Air
EVA Air is a full-service and cargo airline from Taiwan. In timetables it appears as BR; in flight plans as EVA. It has a fleet of 87 aircraft (October 2026), with types including the Airbus A321-200, Airbus A330-300, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 787-10 and 1 other type. The operation is built around Taipei Taoyuan (TPE).
EVA Air recruits licensed pilots as direct-entry 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, medical certificate, flying hours and language.
Where to train for EVA Air
One flight school has a published link with this airline. Each entry says what the link is and who states it.
EVA Flight Training AcademyMather, United StatesCadet programme partnerAccording to the school
EVA Air at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- BR / EVA3
- Country
- Taiwan
- Hubs
- Taipei Taoyuan (TPE)3
- Fleet
- Airbus A321-200, Airbus A330-300, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 787-10, Boeing 777F3
- Direct entry
- First officers1
SELECTIONPractise the parts most pilot selections share: aptitude tests, maths and physics, English and the interview.All selection practice plans
SALARYCaptain: NT$13,500 a month extra (additional pay rise agreed with the pilots union, 2024-01)Senior first officer: NT$11,000 a month extra (additional pay rise agreed with the pilots union, 2024-01)First officer: NT$10,000 a month extra (additional pay rise agreed with the pilots union, 2024-01)EVA Air pilot salary
What does EVA Air ask of pilots?
- Licence
- Valid ICAO, JAA or FAA ATPL (frozen ATPL not accepted)1
- Medical
- First class medical1
- Hours
- 2,000 hours total, including 500 hours multi-engine multi-crew jet (MTOW above 20 tons)1
- Language
- ICAO English Level 4 or FAA English Proficient1
- 1Job Openings | EVA Air · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 2Careers | EVA Air · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 3EVA Air (English Wikipedia) · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4EVA Air pilots page, Chinese · accessed 11 Oct 2026
