Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
different locations in Romania
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51.1 - Passenger air transport

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 October 2022
Employment effect (start)
27 October 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023

Description

Wizz Air, a Hungarian low-cost airline, plans to hire 200 flight attendants in Romania by the end of 2023. The recruitment is taking place in Bucharest, Bacau, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, Botosani and Timisoara.

In Romania, Wizz Air has 28 bases and more than 2,500 flight attendants. In 2022 it advertised 100 new positions.

Wizz Air operates a fleet of 160 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the abbreviation WIZZ. The company curently employs 6,500 people globally. It flies to 197 destinations in 53 countries and has 41 operational bases in 18 countries.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Wizz Air, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107652, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107652.