Emirates seeks to attract UK and Ireland pilots

Emirates is holding a series of open days to recruit pilots in the UK and Ireland in August as it seeks to fill vacancies across the fleet.

The Dubai-based group is ramping up recruitment globally with the airline specifically seeking air crew.

Job events are being held in Dublin, Manchester, Gatwick and Stansted in August after running events in Budapest, Madrid and Lisbon in June.

An online information session is due to take place on July 19 at 1pm Dubai time.

The group is also looking to cherry-pick cabin crew, engineers, IT professionals and customer service agents at both Emirates and dnata.

Emirates operates 260 all wide-body aircraft of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s, to six continents, 150 destinations, and across all terrains, including the North Pole.

The airline has attracted more than 900 new pilots across three recruitment programmes – direct entry captains, accelerated command and first officers – since last year.

Emirates is also organising open days and invite-only events across six continents to bring in new cabin crew.

The overall business also has openings for customer service staff, IT professionals and engineers.

Emirates Group ended its last financial year on March 31 with more than 102,000 employees, after having attracted 17,160 people in various roles throughout the year despite tough labour market conditions globally.

Human resources senior vice president Oliver Grohmann said: “The Emirates Group has built an extraordinary reputation as an employer of choice and as a trailblazing force in aviation.

“People aspire to be part of the group’s growth story and its ambitions as well as work and live in Dubai, one of the world’s safest, most cosmopolitan and dynamic cities. 

“In the last financial year, we received around 2.7 million applications globally for roles across the organisation. 

“We are using the latest technologies, such as digital assessments, artificial intelligence and other top-notch recruitment systems to shortlist, select and respond to candidates in the most efficient and effective ways. 

“Our focus is on recruiting the best talent, the brightest minds, and those most fit for the various roles that will support and drive our future growth and expansion.”