Emirates, the world's biggest
international passenger carrier, will hire up to 10,000 professionals this year
to manage its growth, a senior official said.
"We will hire 10,000
people this year to manage our expansion and growth as 30 new aircraft join our
fleet," Boutros Boutros, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice-President for
Media Relations, Sponsorships and Events, told a gathering of top Indian
management professionals on Saturday.
Emirates Group, which also
includes the ground handling and ticketing arm Dnata, has nearly 60,000 people
on its payroll.
The airline, which has a fleet
of 171 aircraft, flies to more than 130 destinations. We have an orderbook of
235 aircraft worth $84 billion [Dh308 billion] at list prices including 70
A380s and the airline's network covers 95 per cent of the world's
population," Boutros said. "From Dubai, our airline reaches 6.6
billion people within 16 hours flying time."
The airline is focusing on
expanding to the Americas and India, where it operates 185 flights a week. The
airline is ready to deploy more aircraft to India if need be, he said Emirates
launched flights to Dallas and Seattle within the last six weeks and is
preparing to launch services to Washington DC, the airline's seventh gateway to
the United States.
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