Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will hire 600 employees at Wroclaw airport, Poland. New positions will be opened for pilots, cabin crew, engineers, and IT specialists. The announcement follows the company's decision to invest $ 400 million and create 7 new routes for the summer of 2022.
Ryanair has been operating in Poland since 2005. Currently, it is the largest carrier in Poland in terms of the number of passengers. It operates flights from 12 Polish airports.
Previous business expansions were recorded in the ERM database in 2022, with 420 new jobs in Krakow (Ryanair-2022-PL): in 2018, with 200 new jobs (Ryanair-2018-PL): in 2017, with 375 new jobs in Poznań (Ryanair-2017-PL): in 2016, with 120 new jobs in Wrocław (Ryanair-2016-PL).
Eurofound (2022), Ryanair, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106739, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106739.
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