Emirates airline needs to hire 20,000 "operational staff", from pilots to engineers, over the next five years, coinciding with an aggressive jet delivery schedule and high travel demand across the network, its deputy president said.
The roles will include cabin crew, pilots, engineers, technicians and airport staff, Adel Al Redha, who is also the chief operations officer of Emirates airline, told reporters on Wednesday.
The recruitment drive is being fuelled by a brisk pace of Airbus A350-900 wide-body aircraft deliveries, the introduction of new destinations and the addition of flight frequencies on existing routes.
"We continue to hire to our needs, we have a very aggressive plan of aircraft deliveries through this calendar year, we expect to receive 17 or 18 additional A350 aircraft. They will be deployed to new destinations or extra frequencies," he said.
"With that our recruitment plan, especially for operational [roles] continues.
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