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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Air Transport 51.1 - Passenger Air Transport
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 May 2024
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The low-costs Irish carrier Ryanair has announced that it will create 600 new jobs in Europe.
The company opened two new aircraft maintenance hangars at the Kaunas Airport in Lithuania and the Wroclaw Airport in Poland Ryanair-2024-PL. Each hangar will recruit about 300 highly skilled aviation engineers and mechanics. Both hangars have an area of eight thousand square meters and can accommodate four aircraft at the same time. The total investment in both maintenance facilities is €45 million.
Ryanair, established in 1984 and based in Dublin, Ireland, is an airline in Europe, operating over 2400 daily flights across more than 230 destinations in 40 countries.
Eurofound (2024), Ryanair, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 201236, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201236.
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