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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Air Transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
320 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
4 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The Austrian carrier Austrian Airlines (AUA), part of the German Lufthansa Group, is to hire 320 new employees in the upcoming year. According to newspaper reports, new staff is required for the operation of two new Airbus aircraft and to serve new long-distance destinations. Lufthansa is investing more than €100 million in AUA to establish it as a premium carrier. Recent rumours that AUA could be merged with the group's budget airline Eurowings were dismissed. Currently, AUA is employing 6,336 people.
Last year, AUA already hired 160 pilots and 400 flight attendants, as Eurofound reported previously (EF AUA 2016).
Sources
4 January 2017: orf online
4 January 2017: OÖ Nachrichten
3 January 2017: Der Standard
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Austrian Airlines, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 89714, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89714.
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