Irish budget airline Ryanair is to create more than 1,000 jobs this year. But almost all of them will be outside Ireland, in the UK and mainland Europe.
The Dublin-based low cost carrier is looking for pilots, cabin crew, engineers and sales and marketing staff. The jobs expansion comes as the airline is set to grow from a fleet of 270 aircraft to 305.
The end result of the hiring will be a 10 percent increase in the current staff level of around 8,000.
Ryanair, according to reports, posted profits of €544 million in the six months to September 30, 2011, a rise of 20 percent over the same period the previous year. The numbers came as a result of a 13 percent hike in average fares offsetting a 37 percent rise in fuel prices.
Ryanair, which is run by the outspoken Michael O'Leary, says it anticipates passenger traffic rising from 76 million customers in 2011 to 80 million this year.
