Qantas to Hire 8,500 Workers Over Decade to Reverse Covid Cuts
- Roles include pilots, engineers and cabin crew, airline says
- Expansion underscores aviation’s post-Covid growth trajectory
Travelers prepare to board a Qantas Airways flight in Sydney, Australia.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. plans to hire 8,500 more workers in the next decade, about the same number it cut during the pandemic, underscoring aviation’s growth trajectory less than a year after the crisis.
The additional roles include pilots, cabin crew and airport staff. With potentially more than 300 new aircraft arriving in the next 10 years, Qantas also plans to open an engineering academy to help maintain the fleet, it said Friday.