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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
301 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will invest EUR 100 millions in its Bucharest base and create 301 new jobs. The airline plans to reach a total workforce of 600 employees in 2016. The business expansion aims at increasing the existing routes and opening a new one to Tenerife.
Wizz Air currently employs 299 people in Romania.
Sources
19 May 2016: businessmagazin.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Wizz Air, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 87524, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/87524.