The next generation of pilots and engineers will benefit from new £750,000 funding to inspire them, support them into jobs and breakdown barriers to the sector. Organisations can from today (Friday 20 June) apply for the latest Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund to help deliver aviation outreach p...

The Trump administration has begun terminating several hundred Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, a move that has disrupted air traffic operations during a busy travel weekend and comes just weeks after a fatal midair collision near Washington, D.C. Mass Firings Shake Aviation Indus...

The Lufthansa Group has set itself the goal of recruiting around 10,000 colleagues in a wide range of professions for the new year 2025. More than 2,000 flight attendants, more than 1,400 ground staff for Ground Operations and around 1,300 technical experts are to be recruited across the Group. ...

As a part of reflecting the company’s ongoing growth, the Latvian national airline airBaltic is continuing active recruitment. At the moment, the airline is offering more than 200 open job positions across various departments, including Cabin Crew, Pilots, Technicians, Commercial, and more. ...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) warns the Travel & Tourism sector’s recovery is at serious risk as nearly 130,000 jobs go unfilled across the UK. According to the global tourism body, the UK is expected to see a shortfall of 128,000 jobs, with one in 14 job openings expected t...

Airbus today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata STRIVE, a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts, and the Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) to train young Indians for aviation and aerospace jobs. AASSC is the apex body in skill development in aerospace and...

As part of American’s ongoing commitment to Miami, the airline is adding more than 600 home-based reservations jobs. The airline currently has 200 new representatives in training, and a goal to hire more than 400 in the next couple of months, bringing the total of home-based reservations agents...

Today, Virgin Atlantic has opened applications to recruit 400 new cabin crew to take to the skies in the famous red-hot uniform. The roles will be part of an initial 6-month fixed term contract with the view to extend. Applicants from all backgrounds, no matter age, gender, ethnicity, sexual o...

Skilled aviation engineering professionals are leaving the sector and moving into mechanical engineering, building services, IT and a host of other less Coronavirus-impacted industries, a newly launched industry survey from aviation talent recruitment specialists JMC Recruitment Solutions (JMC) high...

By Gabriel Neves, airwaysmag.com After furloughing thousands of employees after paycheck protections expired on October 1, American Airlines (AA) has told them it hopes to begin recalling them in the first half of 2021, aviation reporter David Slotnick said on Twitter on November 20. As stat...

By Pranjal Pande, simpleflying.com Pakistan International Airlines has sacked 54 more employees over various issues, including fake credentials, bribery, smuggling, and more. The decision comes as the airline undertakes strict accountability checks following a crash in May. PIA has already suspen...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that proposed new environmental taxes in France will fail to decarbonize the aviation sector and eliminate 150,000 French aviation jobs. The Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat (CCC) - a citizens’ body created under President Macron –...

By Adam Thorn, australianaviation.com.au The TWU will present a report to the Fair Work Commission by Ernst & Young that will argue ground handlers bidding to keep their jobs haven’t been given a realistic chance of success. The union commissioned the professional services firm to assess...

By Helwing Villamizar airwaysmag.com Irish low-cost airline Ryanair (FR) is set to cut twice as many jobs in Belgium as previously announced, according to the airline’s unions. The carrier will now slash upwards to 172 jobs – 66 Pilots and 106 Cabin Crew. The airline announced at the beginning...

The COVID-19 crisis has brought international aviation to a near-standstill, in the worst drop-off in traffic levels the industry has ever witnessed. Today, the Airport Operators Association (AOA) is calling for the UK Government to take robust action to support the UK’s beleaguered aviation sect...