Bamboo Airways is looking for candidates for different positions from ground service staff to pilots. The firm has offered maxim salaries of USD13,300 and USD8,000 per month for a captain and co-pilot of long-haul B787 aircraft.
Meanwhile, the salary for Airbus and Embraer captain and co-pilot is USD10,450 and USD6,300 per month respectively.
Vietnamese airlines are rushing to recruit pilots
Before Covid-19, Bamboo Airways’ highest salary for a long-haul B787 aircraft captain was VND250 million (USD10.775).
Bamboo Airways is offering a monthly salary of USD 3,000 for a chief flight attendant.
Budget airline Vietjet Air has announced the recruitment of captains and co-pilots for Airbus A320Fs and A330s.
Vietravel Airlines is looking for Airbus A320 pilots and flight attendants. The carrier, however, has not disclosed salary levels. This is part of its strategy to expand its fleet to six planes to serve new air routes to Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.
Since regular commercial international air routes were reopened to Vietnam, the country has received 153,000 passengers.
The full reopening of the local tourism sector from March 15 will boost the aviation sector development.
Bui Minh Dang, Deputy Head of Air Transport Department under the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said this year, the Vietnamese aviation industry is expected to serve 42-43 million passengers, including eight million from abroad.
