Is it compulsory to know a foreign language to apply for a job in cabin crew?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

English is must, as it is the basic criteria for any job. Apart from that, few airlines in abroad give preference to Bengali, French, and Mandarin etc.

manpreet 2 years ago

Actually there is no such compulsion to know foreign languages to get a job as Cabin Crew. You can easily get a job even without knowing any foreign language. But since the profile includes travel to a lot of domestic and international destinations, where you shall have to interact with people who are at times not even known to English. In such situations it really becomes difficult to communicate and satisfy their queries. Hence, many cabin crew join an additional foreign language course after taking the job. Knowing a foreign language is always advantageous when you are looking to work as a cabin crew. Specially languages of those destinations where your employer operates or is about to operate. This helps the cabin crew department to put such people on flights so that communication with passengers is not an issue. Like I have already explained their is no such specifications about which language you should compulsorily know. But you may go for languages like French, German, Chinese, Japanese etc. Because at most of these destinations English also does not work too well. Hope this is helpful. Good Luck !!

manpreet 2 years ago

Generally, cabin crew only needs to speak the official language of the country where the airline is based and English. However, the ability to understand and speak different foreign languages will be plus point when it comes to standing out at the time of placements. There is no specific language which one needs to learn, it depends on the route one travels and the destination which is not in our hands. If one badly wants to get into specific regions then following languages do help: Middle East: Arabic Europe: French Asia: Chinese Other common and dominant languages spoken in specific regions and airlines are Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, and Cantonese.