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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.31 - Urban and suburban passenger land transport
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
8 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
The Spanish bus company Autobuses de León, a subsidiary of ALSA Group, announced that it will employ 300 new bus drivers by the end of the year, 100 of which will be hired immediately. Autobuses de León won the bid to operate the Maltese bus service, taking over from the government operated Unscheduled Bus Service which employed a total of 700 workers. Autobuses de León announced that it will provide its services under the name Malta Public Transport and will retain all workers currently employed, bringing the total number to about 1,000 employees by the end of 2015. The company will be receiving a government subsidy of €23 million this year, which will increase to €29 million next year.
Sources
8 January 2015: The Times of Malta
9 January 2015: The Times of Malta
10 January 2015: The Times of Malta
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Autobuses de León (Malta Public Transport), Business expansion in Malta, factsheet number 78194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78194.
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