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WIZZ AIR CAREER GUIDE · UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 2026

How to Get Into the Wizz Air Pilot Academy (WAPA), Step by Step

Thinking about the Wizz Air Pilot Academy? This is the whole route on one page: who can apply, the four selection stages (TestAir360, the psychological assessment, the Budapest group exercise and interview), what the training really costs and how repayment works, and how to prepare, from zero flying hours to the right seat of an Airbus A320.

4Selection stages
€130Recruitment fee
19Free demos
Independent guide — not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizz Air.

The Wizz Air Pilot Academy (WAPA) is Wizz Air's ab-initio cadet programme: it takes people with no flying experience through a full-time integrated course at a contracted flight school in Hungary and then through airline training towards the right seat of an Airbus A320-family jet. Getting in means passing four assessment stages, two online and two in Budapest, plus a financial and background check. This guide pulls together what Wizz Air's own pages say (including where they contradict each other), what candidates report about each stage, what the programme really costs, and how to prepare. Sources: Wizz Air's careers site and programme guidebook, checked on 23 September 2026, and dated candidate reports.

The process in 30 seconds
  • Selection has 4 stages: TestAir360 aptitude test (online) → psychological assessment (online) → group exercise → interview (both in Budapest), then a financial and background check.
  • Requirements: 18+ at course start, high-school diploma, fluent English, strong maths and physics, a 50 m swim. Eligibility is tied to a list of 10–11 countries (Wizz Air's lists differ slightly); Türkiye is not on any official list.
  • Applications are rolling, with no deadlines. Next official course starts: 12 Oct 2026 · 15 Feb 2027 · 24 May 2027 · 11 Oct 2027, all at Tréner in Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
  • Tuition is €61,460: €13,950 up front and €47,510 repaid only after release as First Officer (the last €5,000 is waived after five years). Recruitment fee: €130, non-refundable.
  • There is no job guarantee: Wizz Air says graduates "may receive an offer of employment". Pass rates are not published.

01What Is the Wizz Air Pilot Academy?

WAPA is an integrated ab-initio programme that runs from zero flying hours to First Officer on the Airbus A320 family. You first complete a full-time integrated course at a contracted flight school, which ends with a Commercial Pilot Licence with multi-engine and instrument ratings, ATPL theory credit (a so-called "frozen ATPL"), APS-MCC and upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT). Wizz Air then puts you through advanced training (the A320 type rating) and its own airline training, and you are released as a First Officer after passing the Final Check for Release.

Wizz Air dates the programme to 2017: the first course started in December 2017 at Tréner Kft in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, and the deferred-payment model that still applies today was introduced in 2019. The latest official graduate figure is "over 150" (March 2023). During ab-initio you are a Wizz Cadet; during advanced and airline training you become a Pilot Trainee.

Where you train: every intake currently published by Wizz Air trains at Tréner (Trener Flight Academy) in Nyíregyháza, Eastern Hungary. Earlier cohorts also trained at Egnatia Aviation in Kavala, Greece, but no Egnatia start date has been published since November 2023. Wizz Air itself flies an all-Airbus A320/A321 fleet (267 aircraft in June 2026, about three quarters of them neo), which is the jet you would eventually fly.

No job guarantee Wizz Air's own wording is that after graduating you "may receive an offer of employment as First Officer" and that the course gives you "a chance to join the Wizz Air team". Treat WAPA as a structured route towards a Wizz Air First Officer job, not a guaranteed one, and read the training agreement before you sign.

02Requirements: Age, Education, English, Swimming and Height

These are the basic requirements from Wizz Air's Pilot Academy page, recruitment page and job posting (checked on 23 September 2026). The country rule is covered in the next section because Wizz Air's pages word it differently from one another.

RequirementDetail
AgeAt least 18 to start the course. You can apply at 17 if you already hold your high-school diploma. No maximum age is published.
EducationAt least a completed high-school diploma
EnglishFluent, written and spoken. No test score is set for cadets, but English is tested in Stage 1
Maths and physics"Strong in Maths and Physics": both are tested in Stage 1
SwimmingAble to swim 50 metres unaided
Flying experienceNone required. A PPL holder may, at Wizz Air's discretion and after an assessment flight, get up to 20 hours credited; the €13,950 initial fee still applies in full
HeightNo hard limit. Cockpits are designed for pilots of 158–191 cm; candidates at or below 160 cm or at or above 190 cm do a reach check in a training device in Budapest
MedicalAn EASA Class 1 medical is not needed to apply, but you must have it before you enrol on the course
Criminal recordA clean criminal-record certificate before you enrol

What you upload when you apply: a valid ID or passport, your high-school diploma (or highest degree) and a CV in English, plus a criminal-record certificate, an EASA Class 1 medical and any flight crew licence if you already have them.

Reach check If you are near either end of the height range, know that the recruitment fee is not refunded if you cannot fit or operate the controls during the reach check. There is no published height cut-off; the check decides.

03Who Can Apply? Eligible Countries and International Applicants

WAPA is not open to every nationality. Eligibility is tied to a list of countries where Wizz Air has operational bases, and on 23 September 2026 Wizz Air's own pages described that rule in four different ways:

Official sourceRuleCountries
Pilot Academy page
("Who can join", reworded in summer 2026)
Nationality of one of the listed countriesAlbania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia (11)
WAPA job postingBased in, and holding an unrestricted right to live and work in, one of the listed countriesAlbania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia (10)
Pilot Academy FAQ
(an older answer, still on the same page)
Based in, and holding an unrestricted right to live and work in, one of the listed countriesAlbania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia (10; no Bosnia and Herzegovina or Cyprus)
Recruitment Process pageUnrestricted right to live and work in the EU or in a country with a Wizz Air operating baseNo list given

Because the pages disagree, check the live Pilot Academy page and job posting before you apply. If you do not hold one of the listed nationalities, for example because you live and work in a listed country on a residence permit, get written confirmation from the Wizz Air Pilot Academy team before you pay the recruitment fee.

International applicants, including Türkiye Türkiye is not on any of Wizz Air's lists, whether for the Academy, She Can Fly, the Pathway Program or licensed-pilot recruitment, and Wizz Air has no base there. Under the newest wording (nationality), a Turkish citizen without a second, listed nationality falls outside the published criteria even when living in a listed country. The same applies to other unlisted nationalities, such as the UK: if you are unsure, ask Wizz Air in writing before you apply. Wizz Air's pages do not mention work-permit or visa support.

A note on the medical: the official document list asks for an "EASA approved class 1 medical certificate". A Class 1 issued by a non-EASA authority (for example Türkiye's civil aviation authority) is not an EASA certificate, so you would need an examination at an EASA-approved aeromedical centre before enrolment. That is our reading of the official list, not a Wizz Air statement.

Some routes use their own lists: She Can Fly uses a residence-and-work-rights wording, and its own pages list slightly different countries (Cyprus on one, Moldova on another); the Pathway Program accepts the EU or Wizz Air Hungary/Malta base countries, and WAPA Albania is for Albanian nationals. See Other routes.

04The Selection Process at a Glance

Applications are rolling: Wizz Air publishes no application windows or deadlines. Assessment places are opened continuously and candidates are notified by email, so you can apply at any time. Wizz Air's own programme summary has six steps, from application to your first flights as a First Officer:

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Online application
careers.wizzair.com · CV in English · pre-screening

Create your candidate profile and apply to the WAPA posting. The Pilot Recruitment Team checks you against the minimum requirements and, if your profile qualifies, invites you to Stage 1.

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Recruitment: 4 stages + checks
Stages 1–2 online · Stages 3–4 in Budapest

TestAir360 aptitude test and psychological assessment from home, then a group exercise and interview at the Wizz Air Training Center in Budapest, followed by a financial and background check on you and your surety.

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Ab-initio training
About 18 months, full time · Tréner, Nyíregyháza

Integrated course: ATPL theory, CPL with multi-engine and instrument ratings, APS-MCC and UPRT, with a phase check after month 5.

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Advanced training
Airbus A320 type rating

A five-week A320 type-rating course plus landing training, organised by Wizz Air.

4
Wizz Air training
Conversion + line flying under supervision

About 6–7 weeks of company conversion training, then about 6–7 weeks flying the line under the supervision of a training captain.

5
First Officer
Final Check for Release · base allocated by operational need

A single flight duty in which you show you can fly safely in Wizz Air operations. Deferred tuition repayments start from this check.

Next official course start dates 12 October 2026 · 15 February 2027 · 24 May 2027 · 11 October 2027, all at Tréner (Trener Flight Academy), Nyíregyháza, Hungary. You choose a start date within one year of passing recruitment. Source: Wizz Air careers site, checked on 23 September 2026; dates can change.

How long does it take? Once you have paid the recruitment fee you have two months to complete Stage 1. Candidates who pass Stages 1 and 2 are invited to Budapest "in the upcoming months", in Wizz Air's words. According to candidate reports, the whole selection has taken around six months, results have arrived anywhere from the next day to several weeks after a stage, and the Budapest invitation can come at short notice. Candidates also report that a "not selected" status in the portal was not always final, so if you are stuck, email the Pilot Academy team.

05Stage 1: The TestAir360 Pilot Aptitude Test

Wizz Air names TestAir360 as its approved pilot aptitude test. The €130 recruitment fee buys a two-month window: study materials and four 60-minute practice sessions at home (they leave out the maths and physics modules), then the final PRO exam. The PRO exam takes about 3–4 hours, is taken online from home within your allocated timeframe, and is supervised by automated webcam proctoring.

What it measures: Wizz Air lists eye-hand coordination, short-term memory, mental arithmetic, spatial orientation and task management, plus knowledge of maths, physics and English. The test publisher describes the PRO exam as a dozen or more modules using multiple-choice, free-entry, audio/visual and hand-eye tasks, and reports each candidate as a "flight index" and a "theory index". Candidates get no module-by-module feedback; Wizz Air tells you whether you progress.

What Wizz Air listsWhat it involvesMatching cadetpro module
Eye-hand coordination and task managementKeeping a moving target under control while other tasks interrupt youEye-Hand Coordination
Short-term memoryStoring and recalling information for a few seconds (Wizz Air's own description)Short-Term Memory · Reverse Numbers · Clocks
Mental arithmeticThe four basic operations, done in your head; candidates report spoken equationsMental Arithmetic
Spatial orientationMental rotation; candidates report cube-rotation tasksSpatial Orientation · Compass · Time Orientation
Maths, physics and EnglishKnowledge sections; a calculator is allowed for maths and physicsMini tests below

Neither Wizz Air nor the test publisher publishes the names of the individual tasks; names such as Clocks or Compass are ours. Our modules reproduce the task types described publicly and by candidates; they do not cover the maths, physics and English knowledge sections.

Official maths and physics topics (from Wizz Air's preparation tips): maths covers fractions, equations, functions and trigonometry; physics covers kinematics, forces and circular motion, work, energy and momentum, statics, torque and rotation, temperature and heat, waves and sound, electric forces and fields, and electric circuits. English is at an intermediate level: grammar, vocabulary and reading, including understanding and memorising a text.

  • Your setup: a desktop or laptop with a physical keyboard, the latest Google Chrome, a stable connection, a webcam, headphones (some tasks are audio) and a calculator with pen and paper for maths and physics. Tablets, phones and touch screens are not supported.
  • According to candidate reports: the final exam took about four hours including breaks and felt harder than the practice sessions; mental-arithmetic items were spoken rather than written and no calculator was allowed there; maths was mostly algebra and basic trigonometry; physics included kinematics equations, specific heat capacity and moments, with no formula sheet; the English section was mostly grammar.

Wizz Air Prep: 19 Free 60-Second Practice Demos

Every one of our 19 Wizz Air modules has a free 60-second demo that runs right here. Start with the eight TestAir360-style tasks (Stage 1). The ADAPT tab covers the kind of cognitive and multitasking tasks candidates report in Stage 2, and the Reasoning tab holds general logic and numerical practice (Wizz Air does not list these formats for the Academy).

cadetpro practice demos Your scores: —

Spatial taster: which option is only a rotated version of the shape at the top? Mirror images are traps. 2 rounds.

Reaction taster: click the moment the box turns green and we will measure your reaction time in milliseconds. 3 tries, averaged; early clicks don't count.

Attention taster: click every ▲ in the grid before the 12 seconds run out, and avoid the other symbols.

Mini Test: 5 English Questions

A quick taste of the intermediate grammar, vocabulary and reading covered in Stage 1. Pick an answer to see the explanation straight away:

Interactive Demo · English Question 1 / 5

Mini Test: Maths and Physics (6 Questions)

Six questions drawn from the official topic list. Wizz Air allows a calculator for maths and physics; candidates report that none was allowed in the mental-arithmetic section:

Interactive Demo · Maths & Physics Question 1 / 6
Don't meet TestAir360 for the first time on exam day

The PRO exam is a single, several-hour, proctored sitting, and the official practice sessions skip maths and physics. Our 19 Wizz Air prep modules reproduce the TestAir360-style aptitude tasks, plus ADAPT and reasoning formats, with timed modes and detailed results, so the task types are familiar before exam day. They do not cover the maths, physics and English sections.

Get all 19 Wizz Air prep modules →

06Stage 2: The Online Psychological Assessment

After a Stage 1 pass you move on to Stage 2 (candidates report booking it separately), which Wizz Air calls a psychological assessment test and which is also taken online. Wizz Air does not name the test or its publisher. Its 2023 programme guidebook described this stage as a personality questionnaire measuring personality, values, behaviour and attitudes, with questions designed by psychologists and grounded in an EASA requirement for a safe flight deck.

  • According to candidate reports: in 2023 the stage included around 200–300 personality items, plus short maths and visual-memory tasks and an on-screen multitasking task (steering an aircraft by commands while solving simple sums, then answering questions about what you saw), done twice. A 2025 candidate identified it as an ADAPT test with basic maths and logic problems. The publisher of ADAPT lists Wizz Air as an ADAPT-certified airline. Treat all of this as reported, not official.
  • How to approach it: answer personality items honestly and consistently rather than trying to guess the "ideal pilot"; inconsistency is what these questionnaires are built to spot. For the cognitive and multitasking parts, practise staying calm, prioritising and dividing attention. The ADAPT tab in the demo box above covers both task types.

07Stages 3 and 4: Group Exercise and Interview in Budapest

Stages 3 and 4 take place in person, on the same day, at the Wizz Air Training Center in Budapest; travel and accommodation are at your own cost. This is also where the cockpit reach check happens for candidates near the height limits.

  • Stage 3, group exercise: Wizz Air says it tests teamwork, cooperation and communication; the 2023 guidebook adds decision making and leadership, observed on a complex task under time pressure. Candidates who pass go on to the interview the same day. According to candidate reports, results were given on the spot, and one exercise involved building a small model car from spoken instructions in groups of five with rotating roles.
  • Stage 4, interview: expect questions about your goals, motivation, dreams and why you want to fly; Wizz Air asks candidates to arrive relaxed, well rested and formally dressed. The 2023 guidebook describes a panel of the Wizz Air Pilot Recruitment Team and flight-school representatives checking motivation and fit with Wizz Air's culture and pilot profile. Candidates report that weaker TestAir360 areas, such as maths or physics, may be discussed.

How to prepare: (1) Build a clear, honest motivation story: why flying, why an airline career, why Wizz Air. (2) Know the airline: an ultra-low-cost carrier flying an all-Airbus A320/A321 fleet from bases across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. (3) Learn the basics of crew resource management (communication, decision making, workload and situational awareness) and have two real examples from your own life for each. (4) In the group task, contribute, listen and keep the team on time; one candidate's tip is to be neither the loudest nor the quietest. (5) Rehearse answers aloud in English.

Don't mix up the routes Reports of simulator rides, ATPL knowledge tests and technical interviews with two pilots come from licensed-pilot (direct-entry) assessments. None of these appears in Wizz Air's WAPA stages.

08Final Checks: Financial Background, Surety, Medical and Contracts

Passing Budapest does not end the process. The last step is a financial and background check on you and your surety, to confirm the financial obligations can be met; the 2023 guidebook describes a financial questionnaire returned with recent bank statements.

  1. Surety: a family member or relative acceptable to Wizz Air guarantees any payment you miss. The surety signs a suretyship agreement before a contracted notary in their own country of residence; the notary cost varies by country and is paid by you or your surety.
  2. Training agreement: you sign it in person before a notary in Budapest.
  3. Before enrolment: an EASA Class 1 medical and a criminal-record certificate, and payment of the €13,950 initial fee. Most of Wizz Air's pages say it is paid before you start the course; one FAQ answer gives a later deadline, so check the date in your agreement.
  4. Start date: as noted above, within one year of passing recruitment.
Read the agreement Wizz Air's public pages do not explain what you owe if you fail the phase check after month 5 or are not offered a job after graduating. Those terms are in the training agreement, so read it carefully, ideally with advice, before signing.

09Cost, Fees and Repayment

WAPA is not free. It uses a deferred-payment model: you pay part of the tuition up front and repay the rest from your salary once you fly for Wizz Air. The figures below come from Wizz Air's Pilot Academy FAQ and programme guidebook; the ab-initio tuition figures have been the same since 2019.

ItemAmountWhen and how
Recruitment fee€130Paid before Stage 1; covers the TestAir360 test. Non-refundable
Initial tuition fee€13,950Before the course; covers roughly the first 5 months (part of the ATPL theory and about 20 flight hours)
Deferred tuition€47,510Repaid only after release as First Officer at Wizz Air, in monthly instalments
Total ab-initio tuition€61,460€13,950 + €47,510
Advanced training bond€25,000Advanced training is priced at €40,000, reduced to a €25,000 bond if you stay 5 years; repaid at €415 a month by salary deduction

Repayment of the deferred €47,510

Months after the Final Check for ReleaseMonthly instalmentSubtotal
1–30€520€15,600
31–60€897€26,910
61–65€1,000€5,000
Total€47,510

Loyalty bonus: the last five instalments (€5,000) are waived if you stay employed at Wizz Air as a pilot for five years. Our calculation: with that waiver the ab-initio tuition comes to €56,460, and adding the €25,000 advanced-training bond gives roughly €81,000 paid over time, before living costs. This is our estimate from the official figures, not a Wizz Air number.

Not included in the tuition: accommodation, living costs and travel; remedial training; travel and accommodation for the ATPL exams at the aviation authority; notary costs for your surety; and your own travel to the Budapest assessment.

10Training Timeline: From Zero Hours to A320 First Officer

Wizz Air markets the route as zero to First Officer in about two years. Its pages count the phases slightly differently, so the durations below are given as Wizz Air states them:

PhaseWhereDurationWhat you get
Ab-initio (integrated)Tréner, Nyíregyháza (LHNY)About 18 months (17–21 on some Wizz Air pages)CPL with multi-engine instrument rating (ME/IR) and multi-engine piston (MEP) class rating, ATPL theory, APS-MCC, UPRT
Gap after graduation–About 2–4 monthsDepends on operational needs
Advanced trainingWizz Air5-week type-rating course + landing trainingAirbus A320 type rating
Wizz Air trainingWizz AirAbout 6–7 weeks + about 6–7 weeksCompany conversion, then line flying under supervision
Final Check for ReleaseLine flightOne flight dutyFirst Officer
  • Full time means full time: classes on weekdays from 08:00 to 17:00, flying possibly at weekends, and no job or other studies alongside. ATPL theory exams are taken at the aviation authority, with travel at your own cost. After about five months there is a phase check by a Wizz Air standardisation instructor; only cadets who pass continue.
  • Living in Nyíregyháza: relocation and living costs are yours. Tréner helps you find accommodation, with Hotel Sandra as its main partner (optional). From the start of advanced training Wizz Air provides accommodation in most cases, unless you train at your home base.
  • Your base: you can state preferences, but Wizz Air allocates bases according to operational needs.

11She Can Fly, the Pathway Program and Other Routes

  • She Can Fly Programme: launched in March 2023 as part of WAPA, for women aged 18 and over. Training is at Tréner with the same start dates as WAPA. Its finances differ: its FAQ shows an €800 initial fee and a six-year repayment schedule, and still lists an older €85 recruitment fee, so check the current figures when you are invited.
  • Pathway Program (URBE AERO, Rome): Wizz Air pre-selects cadets (Stages 1–2 online, 3–4 in Budapest) before an integrated ATPL course at URBE AERO (about 18 months, according to the school). According to the school, successful candidates receive a conditional job offer before training starts; Wizz Air's own page speaks of potential direct employment. You pay for the ATPL course; Wizz Air pre-finances the APS-MCC and type rating (the school and trade press say this is recovered through a bond). Eligibility covers the EU and Wizz Air Hungary/Malta base countries.
  • WAPA Albania (for Albanian nationals): application, pre-screening, several online tests (Wizz Air warns they take time and need maths, physics and English preparation) and a face-to-face interview.
WAPA vs direct entry Already licensed? Pilots trained elsewhere apply through Wizz Air's pilot application form instead. For a cadet-level First Officer role Wizz Air asks for completed ATPL theory, ME/IR (or A320/IR), UPRT if not type-rated, and at least 140 hours from integrated training or 200 hours from modular training. That route has its own assessment, separate from WAPA.
QUICK ANSWERS

Frequently Asked Questions

The ab-initio tuition is €61,460 in total. You pay €13,950 before the course starts and repay the remaining €47,510 only after you are released as a First Officer at Wizz Air, in monthly instalments of €520, then €897, then €1,000; the last €5,000 is waived if you stay with Wizz Air for five years. On top of that come the €130 recruitment fee, your living costs, and advanced training priced at €40,000, reduced to a €25,000 bond repaid from your salary if you stay with Wizz Air for five years.

No. It uses a deferred-payment model: €13,950 up front and the rest of the tuition after you start flying for Wizz Air. Accommodation, living costs and travel are also yours to pay.

You must be at least 18 when the course starts (you can apply at 17 if you already have your high-school diploma), have finished high school, speak fluent English, be strong in maths and physics and be able to swim 50 metres unaided. You also need to meet Wizz Air's nationality or right-to-work rule. No flying experience is needed.

Only if they meet Wizz Air's country rule. The Pilot Academy page asks for the nationality of one of 11 countries (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia), while the job posting asks you to be based in, and have the right to live and work in, one of 10 of them, and an older FAQ answer on the same page lists Moldova instead of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cyprus. Türkiye and the UK are not on any of these lists. If you are unsure, get written confirmation from the Wizz Air Pilot Academy team before paying the recruitment fee.

The minimum age is 18 when the course starts; you can apply at 17 if you already hold your high-school diploma. Wizz Air publishes no maximum age.

There are four: (1) the TestAir360 pilot aptitude test, online; (2) a psychological assessment, online; (3) a group exercise and (4) an interview, both on the same day at the Wizz Air Training Center in Budapest. A financial and background check on you and your surety follows.

Yes. Wizz Air lists eye-hand coordination, short-term memory, mental arithmetic, spatial orientation and task management, plus maths, physics and English. The final PRO exam takes about 3 to 4 hours online with webcam proctoring; before it you get four 60-minute practice sessions, which leave out maths and physics.

The recruitment fee is €130 at the time of writing. You pay it before Stage 1 and it covers the TestAir360 test. Wizz Air treats it as non-refundable: its She Can Fly FAQ says so in general, and the WAPA FAQ says it is not refunded if you fail the cockpit reach check.

No. You need an EASA Class 1 medical and a criminal-record certificate before you enrol on the course, not when you apply. No flying experience is required; a PPL may earn you up to 20 flight hours of credit at Wizz Air's discretion.

Stage 2 is an online psychological assessment, and Wizz Air does not name the test. According to candidate reports it has included a long personality questionnaire plus short cognitive and multitasking tasks. The group exercise in Budapest tests teamwork, cooperation and communication under time pressure; candidates describe tasks such as building a small model from spoken instructions.

Wizz Air says the interview covers your goals, motivation and why you want to fly, and asks you to arrive relaxed, well rested and formally dressed. Candidates report that weaker TestAir360 areas, such as maths or physics, may come up.

The ab-initio phase is about 18 months of full-time training (some Wizz Air pages say 17 to 21 months), then, after a gap of about two to four months, the type rating and Wizz Air's airline training take roughly four to five months, which makes about two years from zero experience to First Officer.

Wizz Air does not publish pass or acceptance rates, so any figure you see online is an estimate.

All current intakes train at Tréner (Trener Flight Academy) in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. You choose a start date within one year of passing recruitment; the next published starts are 12 October 2026, 15 February 2027, 24 May 2027 and 11 October 2027. You can state base preferences, but Wizz Air allocates bases according to operational needs.

No. Wizz Air publishes no application windows or deadlines: applications are accepted all year and assessment places are opened continuously, with candidates notified by email.

12How to Prepare for the Wizz Air Pilot Academy

The two-month TestAir360 window is short, and the official practice sessions leave out maths and physics. It pays to start before you are invited:

  1. Confirm your eligibility first: check the nationality or right-to-work rule and, if in doubt, get written confirmation before paying the €130.
  2. Rebuild maths and physics early: work through the official topic list (fractions, equations, functions, trigonometry; kinematics, forces, energy, heat, waves, circuits) without a formula sheet.
  3. Train the aptitude tasks under time pressure: eye-hand control with interruptions, reverse-order memory, spoken arithmetic without a calculator and mental rotation. Use headphones, because several tasks are audio.
  4. Rehearse the exam setup: Chrome, a physical keyboard, a webcam and a quiet room, and build the focus for a three-to-four-hour sitting.
  5. Keep your English sharp: intermediate grammar, vocabulary and reading, including memorising short texts.
  6. Plan the money and the paperwork: your surety, the €13,950 initial fee, the EASA Class 1 medical and about 18 months of living costs in Nyíregyháza, plus the gap before advanced training.

Our nine reasoning modules (deductive, inductive, numerical, verbal, abstract and others) are general practice for the logical and numerical skills the cognitive parts of the process draw on; Wizz Air does not list these formats for the Academy. The two ADAPT modules practise the kind of cognitive and multitasking tasks candidates report in Stage 2.

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Official sources: Wizz Air Pilot Academy page · WAPA recruitment process · Wizz Air cadet programmes · TestAir360

Banner photo: "G-WUKW - Airbus A321-271NX - Wizz Air UK LGW Approach 030525" by kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and background replaced.

This guide is for information only and is not an official Wizz Air publication. cadetpro.com is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Wizz Air, TestAir360 or any assessment provider; test names are used only to describe the formats we practise. Wizz Air states that its recruitment teams do not endorse or recommend any third-party preparation course and that such courses have no direct influence on the outcome. Requirements, fees and dates change: always check Wizz Air's live pages and your training agreement. Figures were checked on 23 September 2026; candidate experiences are attributed as such and may not reflect the current process.