Fourteen cabin crew recruitment days and open vacancies were listed when checked on 6 November 2026, from seven airlines, with events in more than 30 cities across five continents. Airline requirements, licensing and pay are covered in the cabin crew jobs directory; this list is checked regularly.
Most cabin crew hiring happens at recruitment days rather than through standing vacancies, so most entries below are events with a date and city. Many are by invitation after an online application, and dates can change, so each should be confirmed on the airline’s own page before travel. Emirates, Etihad and Singapore Airlines state pay, and the Ryanair group states a training allowance. Emirates’ open day list gives days and months but no year, and the dates below assume 2026.
Last checked: 6 November 2026. Listings expire; if an ad has closed, try the employer’s careers page.
Fourteen recruitment days and roles
Gulf airlines, based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha
- Emirates open days, North America: Cancun 12 November, Dallas 14 November, Los Angeles 16 November, Calgary 25 November, Toronto 27 November, with online information sessions for the US on 15 and 16 November. Based in Dubai. Age 21 or over, 160 cm tall with a 212 cm reach, high school education, a year of customer service experience. Average pay AED 11,244 a month with free housing.
- Emirates open days, Australasia, in New Zealand and Australia: Wellington 7 November, Auckland 9 November, Gold Coast 14 November, Sunshine Coast 16 November, Perth 20 November, Adelaide 22 November, Sydney 27 November, Melbourne 29 November, with an online information session for Australia on 6 December. Same requirements and pay as above.
- Emirates open days, UK: Bristol 9 November, Newcastle 10 November, London 12 November, Liverpool 17 November, London Gatwick 20 November, Manchester 26 November, London Heathrow 28 November, Leeds 30 November. Most start at 9:00. Same requirements and pay as above.
- Emirates open days, continental Europe. Among 37 dates: Zagreb, Hamburg and Barcelona 7 November, Vienna 8 November, Rome 11 November, Prague 14 November, Warsaw 21 November, Athens 22 November, Amsterdam 24 November and Madrid 26 November. Same requirements and pay as above.
- Etihad recruitment day, Bangkok, 12 November 2026 at 9:00. Based in Abu Dhabi, full-time. Up to AED 10,000 a month tax-free plus flight and layover pay; hotel for 30 days on arrival, then shared housing. Age 21 or over, at least 163 cm tall, Grade 12 education, fluent English, no visible tattoos or piercings in uniform.
- Etihad recruitment day, Bali, 24 November 2026 at 9:00. Same base, pay and requirements as the Bangkok event.
- Etihad recruitment days, Porto and Lisbon, 8 and 10 December 2026. Registration links are on Etihad’s cabin crew page; the individual event pages blocked automated access, so details were not checked beyond the dates.
- Qatar Airways cabin crew recruitment, Tunis, for crew based in Doha. No posting or closing date, and no salary stated; furnished housing, transport and medical insurance provided. Requires a 212 cm reach, at least 10 years of formal education, fluent English and the ability to meet Qatar’s visa rules; two years of customer-facing experience preferred.
Asian airlines
- Singapore Airlines interviews, Taipei, 20 and 21 November 2026, for crew based in Singapore. Requires a bachelor’s degree, fluent English, willingness to relocate and a compulsory service bond. About SGD 4,000 to SGD 5,000 a month after training, on a five-year initial contract.
- Singapore Airlines interviews, Singapore, 28 November 2026. Age 18 or over, minimum height 1.58 m for women and 1.65 m for men, five O Level credits including English or a Higher Nitec. Able to start within three months. Same pay as above.
- Singapore Airlines interviews, Kuala Lumpur, 9 January 2027. Five SPM or O Level credits including English, or a Higher Nitec; same age and height rules and pay as the Singapore interviews.
- Cathay Pacific flight attendant, Hong Kong. Contract, based in Hong Kong. No closing date or salary stated. Requires the right to work in Hong Kong, age 18 or over, a 208 cm reach on tiptoe, high school education, and English plus one of 11 Asian languages; TOEIC 325 or IELTS 6.0 exempts the English test.
European airlines and agencies
- Lauda recruitment day, Zagreb Airport, 27 November 2026, run by Ryanair’s recruitment partner Crewlink; invitations follow an application. Fixed-term, full-time, five days on and three off. Six weeks of free training with €28 a day. Requires 157 cm to 188 cm height, a 25-metre unaided swim, an English test and the right to live and work in the EU. The ad also lists Vienna, which conflicts with the Zagreb venue.
- Buzz cabin crew, Sofia. Fixed-term, full-time, on a business-to-business contract. No dates stated. Free training with €28 a day; same height, swim, English and EU right-to-work rules as the Lauda event.
Events left out, and the medical costs applicants pay
Several listings found during research had closed or gave no usable detail. Singapore Airlines’ 2026 walk-in page was marked filled, with applications closed in Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and India. Cathay’s Taipei recruitment closed on 14 April 2026, a British Airways Heathrow ad on 19 January 2026, and Virgin Australia’s Melbourne page said it was not hiring. Riyadh Air lists recruitment events in Beijing and Shanghai, but the pages opened gave no dates or requirements, and a Copa Airlines recruitment day in Panama took place on 23 October 2026. The SAS Connect cabin crew ad at Heathrow was removed because it had been online for about two months.
No ad above charges a recruitment fee. The costs stated are narrower: Emirates says candidates pay for their own medical checks. Emirates’ fraud notice says any offer asking for money for travel, visas or work permits is fake, and genuine messages come only from @emirates.com and @dnata.com addresses.
Event dates from 7 November 2026 to 9 January 2027
- 7 to 30 November 2026: Emirates open days in the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand
- 12 November 2026: Etihad, Bangkok
- 15 and 16 November 2026: Emirates online information sessions, US
- 20 and 21 November 2026: Singapore Airlines, Taipei
- 24 November 2026: Etihad, Bali
- 27 November 2026: Lauda, Zagreb
- 28 November 2026: Singapore Airlines, Singapore
- 6 December 2026: Emirates online information session, Australia
- 8 and 10 December 2026: Etihad, Porto and Lisbon
- 9 January 2027: Singapore Airlines, Kuala Lumpur