Irish airline Ryanair announced on Friday the launch of a program to recruit and train up to 500 new pilots in France, as part of planned hires to support the resumption of air traffic.
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This program is launched in partnership with Astonfly, one of the largest private flight schools in France, and will "
attract highly qualified professional pilots to support the growth of the group in Europe
", specified the low cost company.
These recruitments are part of a broader hiring program announced last summer by the company, which intends to train thousands of pilots to fly its new Boeing 737 Max.
Ryanair "will
hire up to 1,000 pilots a year over the next four years
," said Senan O'Shea, head of crew training at Ryanair.
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Particularly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, like the entire aviation sector, the leading European airline had experienced the worst financial year in its history in 2020-2021, with a loss of around 1 billion euros, and announced the loss of some 3,000 jobs.
Despite the lingering uncertainties, notably with a Covid rebound, the war in Ukraine and the soaring cost of living, Ryanair is optimistic in the long term.
The company forecasts an acceleration in traffic over the next five years:
“from 149 million annual passengers pre-Covid, we anticipate a growth of 50% to more than 225 million passengers for the 2026 financial year”,
had indicated the carrier at the end of January.
