Ryanair plans route expansion, recruitment drive
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Ryanair has announced that it is to launch a major recruitment drive as it plans to take delivery of 50 new aircraft in the next 12 months.
The LCC announced that it will be hiring 2,000 new cabin crew, 1,000 pilots and 250 aircraft engineers, as well as promoting over 300 First Officers on its command upgrade programme across its 84-base European network.
A range of new positions will also be created in IT, Sales & Marketing, Digital Experience, Finance and Commercial at Ryanair’s Dublin office, and also at its Travel Labs Poland subsidiary in Wroclaw.
Eddie Wilson, Ryanair’s chief people officer said: “2017 is set to be our busiest recruitment year to date, and we are continuing to invest heavily in talent for the future. Ryanair is now considered to be the ‘go-to’ airline for both cadet and direct entry hires, with our industry leading 5/4 roster for pilots, and both pilots and cabin crew have the opportunity to work on the youngest fleet in Europe as we take delivery of our new Boeing aircraft.
“As our aircraft numbers grow from 355 to over 500 in the next five years, Ryanair will hire over 5,000 new people. Candidates interested in all current opportunities should visit careers.ryanair.com for further information.’’
Meanwhile, the airline has launched its biggest ever Hamburg summer schedule (2017), with two new routes to Faro and Thessaloniki, 7 new summer services to Brussels, Dublin, Gran Canaria, London, Manchester, Milan and Sofia (16 routes in total) and extra flights to Palma, which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. and support 1,300* jobs at Hamburg Airport, as Ryanair grows its Hamburg operations by 180%.
Ryanair’s new Hamburg base will open on 2nd November, as it continues to grow German traffic, tourism and jobs.
In Hamburg, Ryanair’s chief commercial officer, David O’Brien said: “We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Hamburg summer schedule, which includes 2 new routes to Faro and Thessaloniki, new summer services to Brussels, Dublin, Gran Canaria, London Stansted, Manchester, Milan Bergamo and Sofia and extra flights to Palma, which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. and support 1,300 jobs at Hamburg Airport, as we continue to grow our Hamburg operations by 180%. We look forward to the opening of our Hamburg base at the start of November, with 2 based aircraft, an investment of $200m, which further underlines our commitment to growing German traffic, tourism and jobs.
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