Wizz Air offers free pilot training as it announces recruitment drive in Ireland

Airline is one of the exhibitors at Pilot Careers Live in Dublin

Wizz Air is to hold its first pilot recruitment drive in Ireland as the budget carrier looks to train up 1,200 new pilots by 2028.

Wizz Air is offering to train up pilots for free as the airline launches its first recruitment drive in Ireland this week. 

The budget carrier is seeking to train up 1,200 new pilots across Europe by 2028. The airline, which currently does not fly to Ireland, will be at Pilot Careers Live at the Convention Centre in Dublin on Saturday October 18. Wizz Air is one of a host of exhibitors at the event, with others including Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Atlantic Flight Training Academy, Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (Ialpa), and Munster Technological University.