The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Bucharest, Bacau, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, and Timisoara
Sector
Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Air Transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is hiring 100 flight attendants in Romania. The recruitment is taking pace in Bucharest, Bacau, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, and Timisoara.
In Romania, Wizz Air has 28 bases and more than 1,000 employees, including 290 pilots and 740-cabin crew. During the pandemic 19% all company staff was made redundant (Wizz Air 2020 - WO).
The airline plans to reach 30,000 employees in the next ten years and 500 aircrafts. The company now employs 6,500 people globally. It flies to 197 destinations in 53 countries and has 41 operational bases in 18 countries.
Eurofound (2022), Wizz Air, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107129, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107129.
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