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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Finnish airline carrier Finnair is to hire 150 new pilots during 2017. The airline carrier will expand its fleet with eight new aircraft during 2017, which is why new pilots need to be trained and hired. The majority of the new pilots will be hired in Finland. Finnair currently employs 750 pilots. The ERM has previously reported on Finnair's expansion of 450 new employees during the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016.
Sources
14 November 2016: Aamulehti
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Finnair, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 89134, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89134.