UAE Carriers To Add 60,000 New Aviation Jobs In The Next Decade

Emirates and Etihad, the two major carriers of the United Arab Emirates, plan to create almost 60,000 new jobs over the next decade to meet their rapid growth, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

“It took us 25 years to get to 40,000 employees, but in the next 10 years we will double that to 80,000,” The National quoted Rick Helliwell, vice president of recruitment at Emirates, as saying.

He said the Dubai-based carrier, the largest in the Middle East, will actually require 60,000 new employees over the decade, after factoring in current staff who retire or move on. Read the rest of this entry