Airbus Is Hiring Thousands of Workers for Aircraft Production Increase Written 20 March 2023
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An Airbus A321 on the final assembly line in the Airbus plant at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport. | Credit: DearEdward; Wikipedia; CC BY 2.0
Reuters reports that Airbus is better prepared for the challenge of securing enough people to handle jet production increases than it was before the pandemic, a senior executive said. The European planemaker plans a two-thirds increase in production of best-selling A320neo-family single-aisle jets to 75 a month in 2026 from 45 now. In Germany, its second-largest base, Airbus plans to hire 3,500 staff for the second year in a row to handle the ramp-up and feed projects on decarbonization and industrial systems.
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