Manchester Airport is advertising a host of vacancies as it continues to struggle with major staff shortages.
Jobs going at the moment include security officer, hospitality host, landscaper, chef and coach driver, with wages ranging from £10.31 an hour to £30,000 a year.
Many airports and airlines across the country have experienced weeks of chaos as they struggle with staff shortages after laying off thousands of employees during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
As traveller numbers edge close to those pre-Covid-19, unhappy passengers have had to deal with huge queues, flight delays and cancellations.
Manchester Airport is one of many UK airports now trying to quickly recruit and train up staff to cope with the pressure.
Here we've rounded up some of the opportunities on offer and what they pay.
- Hospitality Chef (Airport Lounges) - £11.16 per hour (includes shift allowance)
- Security Officer - £12.04 per hour (includes shift allowance)
- Traffic Marshall - £19, 886.94 (per year) plus shift allowance
- IT Financial Associate – up to £30,000 (per year), depending on experience
- Coach Driver - £10.31 per hour plus shift allowance
- Landscaper - £24,160 (per year)
- Security Ambassador - £11.63 per hour (includes shift allowance)
- Hospitality Host - £11.16 per hour (includes shift allowance)
- Driver – Annualised - £14, 860.71 (per year) plus shift allowance
You can find all Manchester Airport vacancies on their website.
Last week video footage showed exasperated holidaymakers at Manchester Airport climbing through a baggage carousel curtain, to try to retrieve luggage stuck behind it.
One passenger, who flew back in to Terminal 3 on Ryanair from Porto in Portugal on Monday, told of three and a half hour delays to reclaim suitcases and bags.
Armed police were even called to the carousel amid angry scenes.
The holidaymaker, a 36-year-old woman from Chadderton, Oldham, told the Manchester Evening News that people were offering to load luggage onto the carousel belts themselves before Greater Manchester Police officers attended.
It came as travellers faced huge queues at Manchester Airport as the Jubilee Bank Holiday started.
Social media was full of photos of frustrated passengers, with queues stretching back to the car park at Terminal 3.
Meanwhile, another passenger shared a photo of a long security queue, and said he had waited there for an hour and 40 minutes.
Baggage handler Swissport issued an apology and said current peak periods at airports were 'exacerbating resource challenges across the recovering aviation industry'.
The company also revealed it has hired more than 2,800 new personnel since the start of the year.
