Wizz Air, the Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier, has stated that it will increase recruitment, with intentions to hire 20,000 new staff by 2030, following the adoption of an ambitious corporate expansion scheme.
Wizz Air plans to add 500 planes to its fleet by the end of the decade, which will need the hiring of 6,600 new pilots.
The announcement was made during Pilot Expo 2022, Europe’s largest exhibition for flight crew recruitment and training, which took place in Berlin, Germany on May 7 and 8, 2022.
The 20,000 new workers will be split between flight and cabin staff, according to the airline. Wizz Air now has 6,000 employees.
When asked about the exact number of pilots the airline plans to hire, Ewa Danecka-Latka, Wizz Air's Head of Crew Resources, revealed that flight crew members will account for about 33% of all new personnel, or up to 6,600, while flight attendants will cover the remaining 13,400 positions.
“The goal is to increase three times in nine years, and this is not a pipe dream; it is one of the KPIs we must meet.”
“For our recruitment staff, this means that we have to hire one person per hour, or 2,000 new hires every year,” Danecka-Latka explained.
This is what we are preparing for since we need a lot of fresh pilots and cabin crew members to join our operations,” she added.
“At the moment, we have 42 bases located in 18 countries throughout the world.”
As a result, a pilot or cabin crew member might be allocated to a large variety of sites,” Danecka-Latka noted.
- Applicants interested in joining any of Wizz Air Holdings’ (WIZZ) subsidiaries, including
- Wizz Air Hungary,
- Wizz Air UK, or its newest affiliate,
- Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, would fly a monogamous fleet of Airbus A320 family jets, including as
- Airbus A320ceos,
- A321ceos,
- A320neos,
- and A321neos.
- Wizz Air currently operates 153 aircraft, according to its website.
However, Danecka-Latka claims that the airline plans to triple its fleet size in the future.
WizzAir expects to produce €15 billion in annual revenue by the end of the decade with a fleet of 500 planes.
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