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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
The airline company Vueling, which belongs to IAG group, will hire 200 co-pilots by the summer 2016. Thus, the company will continue increasing its workforce, due to the new routes which have been started since November 2014 . According to the company, co-pilots hired will have a mid-high profile. Vueling has already started operating its first Airbus A321 planes, which require more cabin crew on board i.e. five crew members plus two pilots.
Sources
10 September 2015: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Vueling, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 84621, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84621.