Is flydubai Hiring Cabin Crew Right Now?

flydubai is Dubai’s homegrown low-cost airline and the sister carrier of Emirates. From its home in Dubai, it flies a fleet of more than 100 Boeing 737s to well over 100 destinations.

For cabin crew, flydubai offers something different from the big Gulf long-haul airlines: an open-ended contract rather than a fixed-term one, a tax-free salary, and mostly short and medium-haul flying, which means you’re home in Dubai far more often than crew on ultra-long-haul rosters.

But is flydubai hiring cabin crew right now? This article covers flydubai’s current recruitment status, how and when it tends to recruit, what you need to apply, and how to be ready for the next round.

At a Glance

The short answer to “Is flydubai recruiting cabin crew?” is no, not right now. flydubai’s most recent recruitment round, for an Assessment Day in Dubai, closed to applications on September 10, 2026, and no new rounds have been announced since. flydubai’s network is recovering, but renewed disruption across the region makes the timing of the next round hard to predict, so we are calling flydubai’s recruitment status “Cool”.

How flydubai Recruits Cabin Crew

Unlike airlines that keep one cabin crew posting open all year, flydubai recruits in rounds. Each round is posted on the flydubai careers site as a separate listing for a specific Assessment Day, usually with a firm closing date for applications. Once the deadline passes, the listing closes, and there can be a gap of weeks or months before the next one appears.

When a round is open, the process runs like this:

• Apply online. Submit your application through the flydubai careers site before the closing date.
• CV screening. Your CV is screened by an Applicant Tracking System + against the minimum requirements.
• Online assessment. Candidates who pass the screening complete an online assessment, including an on-demand video interview.
• Assessment Day. Recruiters build a shortlist, and shortlisted candidates are invited to the Assessment Day by email.

You don’t have to live in the city where the Assessment Day is being held, but if you’re shortlisted, you’ll need to travel there at your own expense.

Where Things Stand Right Now

flydubai has had a difficult 2026. The regional conflict involving Iran caused severe disruption to flights across the Gulf, and flydubai was the slowest of the region’s airlines to recover. With far fewer flights to operate, it suspended cabin crew recruitment.

Recruitment briefly reopened in August, with a single Assessment Day in Dubai and an application deadline of September 10. No new rounds have been posted since.

The recovery is moving in the right direction. By September, flydubai was flying to around 130 of its 140 pre-conflict destinations, and its chief executive said he expected the network to be fully restored before the end of 2026. The airline is also taking delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. However, renewed attacks on Saudi airports since October have forced flydubai to cancel flights to several Saudi cities into mid-November, and that disruption could slow the return to a full schedule.

How Likely Is flydubai to Hire Cabin Crew?

Minimum Requirements

The requirement candidates most often overlook is experience. You don’t need to have worked as cabin crew before, but flydubai asks for at least a year in a customer service role, ideally in aviation, hospitality, or retail, and your CV needs to show it clearly.

How to Apply and Stand Out

Every application goes through the official flydubai careers site. From there, the process usually runs through CV screening, an online assessment with an on-demand video interview, an Assessment Day and Final Interview, then medical checks and training in Dubai.

Here’s how to get yourself application ready:

• Get your CV ready now. Don’t wait for a round to open. Make your customer service experience impossible to miss, because software screens every CV before a recruiter sees it.
• Practise the video interview. It’s on demand, which means no one is on the other end to put you at ease. Practise answering out loud, on camera, until it feels natural.
• Understand the contract. flydubai employs crew on an open-ended contract with a six-month probation period. There’s a training bond of USD 2,650 (around AED 9,700), which flydubai can recover if you leave before completing your first 12 months.
• Plan for renting in Dubai. Because you’ll be finding your own accommodation, research rents before you apply, and work out what your housing allowance will cover.

Our flydubai cabin crew recruitment guide walks through every stage in detail, and our flydubai category page brings all our flydubai guides together in one place.

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