Air Dolomiti pilot recruitment

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Italian regional airline, 100% owned by the Lufthansa Group, flying Embraer jets from Munich and Frankfurt to Italy and elsewhere in Europe while keeping its own identity.

Air Dolomiti fleet, hub and head office

1989

Founded

Head office

Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, Italy

Main hub

Munich and Frankfurt (operating bases), Verona and Florence

Fleet (aircraft types operated)

Embraer 190 and Embraer 195

Pilot recruitment at Air Dolomiti

Embraer E190/E195 fleet. The airline mainly recruits licensed first officers through direct entry (CPL/IR with ATPL theory) and trains them on the Embraer 195; Air Dolomiti says it provides the type rating free of charge to young pilots who pass this recruitment process. Operating bases are Munich and Frankfurt, with Verona and Florence as key cities in the network. Check current requirements and openings on Air Dolomiti's careers page.

Recruitment information is given as a guide only (public sources, subject to change over time): always check the current conditions on the airline's careers site.

History of Air Dolomiti

Founded on 30 December 1989, Air Dolomiti began flying in January 1991 with a Trieste-Genoa route, then launched international services from Verona to Munich in 1992. Lufthansa took a 26% stake in 1999 and full ownership in 2003. In March 2024 the Lufthansa Group announced fleet growth, partly through Embraer jets transferred from Lufthansa CityLine.

Pay and conditions, from public sources

Figures published by the airline, pilot unions or the press, each one dated (last update: December 2024). For information only.

Contract: the Uiltrasporti union signed the renewal of the pilots' contract, the previous one dating from 2007 and never renewed (December 2024).
Pay: the overall pay increase exceeds 20% over the three years of the new contract, with no public breakdown by rank or year (December 2024).
Rest and rosters: the contract increases the number of rest days and promises better roster management (December 2024).
E195 first officer hiring: EASA ATPL (or CPL/IR with ATPL theory), ME/IR, MCC, advanced UPRT if first type rating, at least ICAO level 4 English and Class 1 medical; type-rated and non-type-rated candidates accepted (August 2022).
Three-step selection: one-day DLR-standard aptitude tests in Hamburg, individual and group interviews in Verona, then a simulator assessment in Frankfurt or Vienna (August 2022).

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