About Peach Aviation

Peach Aviation is a low-cost airline based in Japan. In timetables it appears as MM; in flight plans as APJ. It has a fleet of 40 aircraft (October 2026), with types including the Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo and Airbus A321LR. Its main hubs: Osaka Kansai (KIX), Tokyo Narita (NRT), Okinawa Naha (OKA) and Sendai (SDJ). It belongs to ANA (All Nippon Airways).

For future pilots, there is the Peach Aviation cadet programme. As of 11 October 2026, the programme was listed as open for applications. Peach Aviation also recruits licensed pilots as direct-entry captains. The link to the pilot careers portal is in the profile on this page. The selection is described stage by stage on this page.

The five phases

Peach Aviation at a glance

IATA / ICAO

MM / APJ1

Country

Japan

Hubs

Osaka Kansai (KIX), Tokyo Narita (NRT), Okinawa Naha (OKA), Sendai (SDJ)1

Fleet

Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321LR1

Cadet programme

Company-sponsored pilot route via ANA Group FCAT (open as of 11 Oct 2026)45

Direct entry

Captains3

1. 1Wikipedia: Peach Aviation · accessed 11 Oct 2026
2. 2Peach recruitment site · accessed 11 Oct 2026
3. 3Peach job listings: Pilots · accessed 11 Oct 2026
4. 4FCAT: about FCAT · accessed 11 Oct 2026
5. 5FCAT: home · accessed 11 Oct 2026
6. 6Peach job listing: Pilot Challenge trainee pre-entry · accessed 11 Oct 2026