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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.24 - Cargo handling
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Flightcare, a firm that handles cargo and equipment at Belgian airports, has announced that it is to create 400 new jobs. The jobs will be created between the start of 2008 and the end of 2011, and will be based at the firm’s sites in the airports of Brussels, Liège, and Oostende. Management at the firm attribute the job creation to positive recent financial results. Flightcare employs 1,700 in Belgium.
Eurofound (2007), Flightcare, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 66006, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66006.
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