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 52.2 - Support activities for transportation
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
9 March 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The German airport operator Fraport AG announced it will hire 1,800 new employees in Frankfurt as soon as possible. Half of those jobs will be due to natural fluctuation, but the other half will be actual new jobs. Among others, Fraport is looking for firemen, paramedics and mechatronics engineers, but is also looking for new and lateral entrants in all other departments.
Fraport currently has 22,000 employees in Frankfurt.
Sources
9 March 2018: FAZ (E-Paper)
9 March 2018: Frankfurter Rundschau (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Fraport, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 93573, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93573.
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