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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
1,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 January 2023
Employment effect (start)
5 February 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Airbus, the European multinational aerospace corporation has announced its plans to hire worldwide 13,000 people by 2023, 1,300 of them in Spain. This announcement responds to the expected increase in production ratios in all areas where Airbus operates, i.e. commercial aircraft, space, defence and helicopters. The majority of Airbus' job opportunities will be related to technical and manufacturing profiles, including new emerging areas such as renewable energies, cybersecurity and digital skills. It is expected that one third of the total recruitments will go to recent graduates.
Eurofound (2023), Airbus Spain, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 108328, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108328.
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