Passengers at Stansted Airport (PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)A recruitment drive at London Stansted is looking to secure work for 1,000 new staff at the airport and its partners as it gets ready for a busy peak summer getaway season.
The capital’s third busiest airport overall is also the main base to budget carrier Ryanair, which warned last week that restoring air travel to pre-pandemic levels would not be easy. The Irish airline has described 2023 as a watershed year, as demand returns to normal after Covid restrictions while the wider industry faces the challenge of returning staffing levels to where they were in order to meet it.
In summer 2022, Stansted’s passenger number returned to around 90% of pre-Covid levels. Last year, rival hubs, including Heathrow, introduced caps on summer ticket sales, especially in the school holidays, as they struggled to find the staff needed to operate without disruption having laid people off during the pandemic when planes were grounded.
The Essex airport will hold a jobs fair at its Radisson Blu Hotel on February 7, which will “showcase almost 200 different job roles in areas such as airport security, customer service, engineering, and retail”. There are also vacancies for cabin crew and hospitality workers.
Nathan Mullane, London Stansted’s Employment & Skills Manager, said: “All of these jobs require training before applicants can begin working, so we’re beginning the application process now to make sure we’re at full strength for the summer.”
There will also be information on pre-employment support courses from the Airport Academy, which include accredited training for people on jobseeker’s allowance who need additional assistance prior to applying. Public transport to the event and parking will be free.
You can read more about the jobs fair and book a place at it here.
Before Covid struck, Stansted handled 28 millon passengers for 2019. It has more scheduled flights to Europe than any of its UK peers, and is a busy cargo hub. Overall, it employs 12,000 people working for around 200 companies
