Airbus shares were down by almost 2% on the morning of this Friday (27) after the European aircraft manufacturer revealed yesterday afternoon that it intends to hire more than 13,000 people this year, repeating what it did in 2022, to accelerate the production of commercial jets, overcome delivery delays and meet growing demand.
The company, which is based in Toulouse, in the south of France, said in a statement that 9,000 of the new jobs will be generated in Europe and the rest in other parts of the world. Currently, Airbus has more than 130,000 employees.
Airbus’ move comes at a time when other industries are shedding thousands of jobs amid signs of a possible global recession.
Tech companies, which expanded their staff quickly at the height of the covid-19 pandemic, have been announcing aggressive job cuts since the end of last year.
Airbus, on the other hand, reduced its production of commercial jets and eliminated thousands of vacancies at the beginning of the pandemic, in the biggest restructuring in its history, in an attempt to deal with the closing of borders and the adoption of travel restrictions.
Around 7:45 am (Brasília time), Airbus shares had fallen by 1.9% on the Paris Stock Exchange.
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