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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Volotea, the Spanish low-cost airline company has announced the plan to create 150 new jobs in 2017. In particular, out of the total 150 job positions, 50 will be opened at the headquarter in Barcelona, while 100 across the nine bases in Asturias, Bordeaux, Nantes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Venice, Verona, Palermo and Genoa. The job roles requested are pilots, cabin crew and handling positions. The firm recently celebrated its fifth anniversary and with the new recruitment plan will reach around 325 employees in Italy, 300 in France and 250 in Spain. In 2017, Volotea expects to transports 4.3 million of passengers.
Sources
28 April 2017: volotea
28 April 2017: Expansión
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Volotea, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 91425, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91425.