easyJet: pilot interview prep

The essentials

CEO

Kenton Jarvis, since 1 January 2025

Head office

London Luton Airport

Airlines (AOCs)

easyJet UK, easyJet Europe (Austria), easyJet Switzerland

Fleet

About 356 aircraft (end of FY2025), all Airbus A320 family

Ownership

Takeover by Apollo agreed on 6 August 2026, subject to EU ownership rules

The fleet

• Airbus A319 (phase-out from 2026)
• Airbus A320 and A320neo
• Airbus A321neo

Key dates

• 1995: founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou; first flight London Luton – Glasgow on 10 November 1995, with two leased Boeing 737-200s.
• 2002: acquisition of Go Fly.
• 2000s: bases opened in France, Italy, Germany and Spain; move to an all-Airbus fleet.
• 2019: after Brexit, easyJet Europe created (Austrian AOC).
• 2025: Kenton Jarvis becomes CEO.
• 2026: takeover agreed with the Apollo fund.

Good to know

• French bases: Paris-CDG, Paris-Orly, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux, Nantes (and Basel-Mulhouse via easyJet Switzerland).
• Largest base: London Gatwick.
• All-Airbus fleet: commonality for training and maintenance.

How to prepare

• Know the three-AOC structure and the local French contract (easyJet Europe).
• Follow the news: the Apollo takeover, labor relations in France in 2026.
• Revise the A320 family: systems, performance, procedures.

Questions to prepare

• Why easyJet rather than another airline?
• What do you know about easyJet's fleet and how it is changing?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years at easyJet?
• How do you reconcile low costs with a safety culture?

Recruitment

Rolling recruitment Cadet programme and low-hour or A320-rated first officers

Regular hiring by base; check openings by country.

Usually: CPL(A)/ME IR, ATPL theory, MCC, right to work in the base country.

Openings are posted base by base: check the French bases (Paris, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse…). Always check the airline's website before applying.

easyJet careers site