Type
Business expansion
Country
Spain
Region
Este; CataluƱa; Barcelona
Location of affected unit(s)
Viladecans
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51.10 - Passenger Air Transport

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 June 2024
Employment effect (start)
4 July 2024
Foreseen end date
5 March 2025

Description

IAG, the Spanish-British holding company that includes the airlines Iberia and British Airways (among others), has announced the opening of an Artificial Intelligence laboratory in Viladecans (Barcelona) with 150 employees.

The centre will begin operations in two weeks with 70 employees, with the aim of expanding the workforce within a year to 150 employees. The laboratory will research and develop different solutions and tools to improve the operational efficiency of all the companies that make up the IAG group.

This centre complements the laboratory that the Spanish British group did open at the end of 2023 in London, which already employs 120 people.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2024), IAG, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 201329, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201329.