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The European industrial group will begin with a “first wave” of hiring some 6,000 workers at the beginning of the year, it explained this Wednesday (01.19.2022) in a statement.
Next, “the number of contracts will be reassessed before the middle of the year and we will adjust our needs accordingly,” said Thierry Baril, the company’s human resources manager.
The hiring will take place in all divisions of the group: commercial aircraft, helicopters and defense and space.
The company detailed that a quarter of the recruitment will be dedicated to new challenges, such as decarbonization, digital transformation and cybertechnology, and that a third will be reserved for young graduates.
Airbus announced in June 2020 a harsh adjustment plan in the face of the collapse of its production due to the first wave of the pandemic, with the cut of 15,000 jobs out of a total of 135,000.
However, the elimination of jobs was much lower, thanks to the special aid and temporary unemployment systems (ERTE) put in place by the main countries where it operates (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom).
The progressive recovery of deliveries and the important new aircraft orders that the European group has achieved despite the persistence of restrictions on long-distance flights, have led the European group to decide to increase the production rate of aircraft single aisle.
The CEO, Guillaume Faury, confirmed on the 10th that they intend to increase the assembly rate of their A320 family from the 45 per month in 2021 to 65 in the summer of 2023. In addition, he advanced that they are working with their suppliers to continue with this acceleration of production in 2024 and 2025. (EFE).