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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.30 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
750 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
12 April 2022
Foreseen end date
30 June 2022
Description
France-based aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced its intention to hire 750 people in Spain by June 2022. The announcement, made by the French company in April 2022, also included the intention to hire 1500 people in France, 1500 in Germany, 750 in the UK and 1500 in the rest of the world. This employment increase concerns all the group's activities (commercial aircraft, defence and space, helicopters), in particular in order to support the increase in its production rate after the Covid-19 crisis.
Sources
7 April 2022: Le journal de Saône et Loire (www.lejsl.com)
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Airbus, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 106622, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106622.
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