Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Sud-Ouest; Midi-Pyrénées; Hautes-Pyrénées
Location of affected unit(s)
Toulouse
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

1,200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 October 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011

Description

The aircraft manufacturer Airbus is to hire 1,200 people until the end of 2011. The new jobs will be created in both production and research departments.

Airbus has recorded 1038 net orders for aircrafts from January to September, which accounts for the equivalent of two years of production. It has to increase its production rates and will open a new assembly plant for its A350 at the end of the year.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Airbus, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72606.