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About Vueling
Based in Spain, Vueling is a low-cost airline. In timetables it appears as VY; in flight plans as VLG. Vueling operates from Barcelona-El Prat (BCN). The fleet includes the Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321 and Airbus A321neo.
Vueling recruits its own pilots. Pilot vacancies are published on a careers portal, linked in the profile on this page. The requirements listed on this page cover licence, flying hours, medical certificate and language. This page sets out the selection in 7 stages.
The seven phases
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Reasoning testPractise this phase
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English language testPractise this phase
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Personality testPractise this phase
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HR interviewPractise this phase
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Simulator assessment
Vueling at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- VY / VLG1
- Country
- Spain
- Hubs
- Barcelona-El Prat (BCN)1
- Fleet
- Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321, Airbus A321neo1
What does Vueling ask of pilots?
- Licence
- First Officer with a Spanish EASA licence (required before the Operator Conversion Course) and ATPL (frozen or unfrozen)4
- Hours
- 200 factorised Vueling hours; flight experience on the A320, A330 or A340 is an advantage4
- Medical
- Class 1 medical certificate4
- Language
- English language proficiency ICAO Level 4 or higher (required before the Operator Conversion Course)4
- 1Vueling (English Wikipedia) · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Pilots | Vueling careers ('Welcome Pilots! We are hiring!') · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 3Vueling careers home · accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 4First Officer A320 - 2026, Vueling · accessed 11 Oct 2026
