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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Aer LingusĀ plans to hire 900 new staff by the end of 2020. The airline will take on 100 new employees in 2018 and a further 800 across 2019 and 2020. Aer LingusĀ is adding routes to its network in Europe and the USA, and is taking on more long haul aircraft.
Sources
4 October 2017: Newstalk
4 October 2017: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Aer Lingus, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 92237, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92237.