Yu Feng Consulting Co.

What Yu Feng Consulting Co. does

Yu Feng Consulting Co., Limited is a Hong Kong-incorporated pilot resource agency founded in 2013 that recruits foreign airline captains — primarily Spanish-speaking pilots sourced from Spain and Latin America — for placement with Chinese commercial carriers. The company serves approximately 25 Chinese airlines including Juneyao Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Xiamen Air, Sichuan Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Loong Air, West Air, Suparna Airlines, 9 Air, and Lucky Air, covering Airbus A320/A330, Boeing B737/B747/B777/B787, and Embraer E190 fleet types. CEO Erick Silva has publicly positioned the firm among the top ten pilot recruitment agencies in China and as the leading recruiter of Spanish-speaking pilots into the Chinese market.

The company operates a standardized six-phase recruitment workflow encompassing pilot screening, medical examinations, CAAC licensing, visa processing, simulator testing, and family relocation support. Operations are anchored in Hong Kong with mainland China support functions based in Shanghai, while pilot sourcing is conducted through international roadshows in Spain and Latin America and partnerships with international aviation agencies — most notably a March 2019 agreement facilitating Juneyao Airlines' collaboration with Iberia Express.

Yu Feng runs a professional services revenue model in which airlines — not pilots — pay recurring monthly service fees for pilot placement and ongoing support. Adjacent revenue lines include translation and interpretation services, flight training coordination, and family settlement support covering housing, visas, and children's schooling. Go-to-market is direct sales into airline HR and recruitment departments, supplemented by cross-border agency partnerships and overseas pilot roadshow channels.

Name

Yu Feng Consulting Co.

Legal name

Yu Feng Consulting Co., Limited

Website

https://yufengconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Yu Feng Consulting is a Hong Kong-based pilot recruitment agency founded in 2013 that places foreign, primarily Spanish-speaking airline captains with approximately 25 Chinese carriers, delivering end-to-end CAAC licensing, family relocation, and ongoing pilot support services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services Fee: Yu Feng charges airlines a monthly service fee for pilot placement and ongoing support. The company does not take commissions from pilots placed in China; instead, airlines pay for the recruitment and placement services provided.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yu Feng Consulting Co. is a Hong Kong-headquartered pilot recruitment agency (with a Shanghai operations office) that sources, screens, and places foreign pilots into Chinese commercial airlines, with an emphasis on Spanish-speaking aviators. The service spans a six-phase recruitment process covering candidate identification, pre-screening, registration support, family relocation assistance, translation/interpretation, and flight training coordination, delivered on a monthly service-fee basis to airlines.

Product overview

Yu Feng Consulting Co. is a pilot recruitment agency specializing in connecting international airline pilots with Chinese carriers. The company operates as a unified service platform offering airline-specific job placements across multiple aircraft types (Airbus A320/A330, Boeing B737/B747/B777/B787, and Embraer E190), complemented by support services including candidate screening, CAAC licensing assistance, family relocation support, translation services, and roadshow-based recruitment events. The core offering is the recruitment matchmaking service supported by auxiliary modules covering documentation, travel coordination, and ongoing pilot support throughout their China assignment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pilot Recruitment Services
• Pilot Roadshows

Quantifiable outcome

• Recruitment process can be completed in approximately 3 months from application to joining work

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Iberia ExpressflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerJuneyao Airlines signed a collaboration agreement with Iberia Express in March 2019 to recruit Spanish pilots for captain positions in the Chinese airline. Yufeng Consulting facilitated this partnership, conducting selection processes including simulator skill checks in Madrid, Spain.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CAE: CAE is a global flight training and crew staffing company serving commercial airlines, including through crew sourcing solutions. It is a broad incumbent because its crew services compete with specialist recruiters like Yu Feng, although aviation training represents the majority of its business.
• Avia Solutions Group: Avia Solutions Group is a publicly listed aviation business group that includes pilot training (BAA Training) and crew staffing/outsourcing across multiple regions. It is comparable to Yu Feng as a broader aviation workforce provider, although it operates at a much larger scale and across more service lines.
• FlightSafety International: FlightSafety International is a global flight training provider offering type-rating and recurrent training programs to commercial pilots. It is a partial peer because the type-rating and recurrent training elements of Yu Feng's offering are functionally adjacent to FlightSafety's core business.

Direct peers

• Flight Crew International: Flight Crew International is an aviation recruitment firm focused on pilot and cabin crew placement for commercial carriers. It is comparable to Yu Feng because it provides recruitment, screening, and relocation-related support services to airlines seeking type-rated crew.
• AeroProfessional: AeroProfessional is a UK-headquartered aviation recruitment firm specializing in pilot and crew placement for airlines, MROs, and operators. It is a direct peer in pilot sourcing, type-rated placement, and ongoing crew management services.
• Rishworth Aviation: Rishworth Aviation is a New Zealand-based pilot recruitment and crew management firm that places pilots worldwide. It is the most direct functional peer to Yu Feng because it offers airline recruitment, type-rating transition support, and crew management services to carriers globally, including in Asia.
• Sigma Aviation Services: Sigma Aviation Services is an Ireland-based pilot and cabin crew recruiter with a strong Asia-Pacific footprint. It is comparable to Yu Feng because it provides type-rated pilot placement and licensing/relocation assistance to commercial carriers, including in Asia.
• Resource Group (Aviation): Resource Group provides pilot and crew recruitment, type-rating training, and aviation HR outsourcing to airlines and operators. It is a direct peer to Yu Feng in the placement and lifecycle management of airline pilots.
• WASINC (World Aviation Staffing and Recruitment): WASINC recruits pilots, cabin crew, and aviation maintenance staff for airlines across multiple regions. It is comparable to Yu Feng because both act as intermediaries sourcing certified crew for commercial operators, with similar end-to-end licensing and relocation support offerings.

Regional players

• Guangzhou Dehao (regional Chinese pilot recruiter): Guangzhou Dehao and similar domestic Chinese pilot recruitment agencies place locally trained and foreign pilots with Chinese carriers. It is a regional peer to Yu Feng because both compete for the same Chinese airline clients, but Dehao and similar firms primarily operate within China rather than sourcing from Latin America or Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pilotrecruiting
• Facebookfacebook.com/jobs.pilots
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yufeng-consult-co-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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