Airbus forecasts huge hiring gap as aviation services market expands
- Aviation will need to hire 2.44 million people over the next two decades to serve air travel, including 730,000 for maintenance shops, Airbus said today.
- The forecast includes 1.05 million cabin crew and 660,000 pilots, signaling major recruitment efforts as the industry struggles to compete for workers since the Covid-19 pandemic.
- "The old narrative was we deliver aircraft; the new narrative is we deliver aircraft and we offer services," Airbus Commercial CEO Lars Wagner told reporters.
- Airbus estimates the post-factory services market will double to $420 billion over 20 years, expanding by an average 3.8% annually as training becomes critical.
- These forecasts closely match Boeing's 3.7% annual growth prediction, reflecting a strategic shift toward maintaining the latest generation of fuel-saving jets.
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Airbus estimates that the total demand for aviation services will double in about 20 years, reaching a value of over US$ 420 billion. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the material and register.
The world market for air services will increase by 3.8 per cent annually over the next 20 years, projected by Airbus.
Airbus forecasts huge hiring gap as aviation services market expands
Aviation will need to hire 2.44 million people over the next two decades to serve air travel, including 730,000 for maintenance shops where acute labor shortages have been one of the sector’s biggest headaches, Airbus said on Wednesday.
Airbus forecasts huge hiring gap in aviation services
Aviation will need to hire 2.44 million people over the next two decades to serve air travel, including 730,000 for maintenance shops where acute labour shortages have been one of the sector's biggest headaches, Airbus said today.
The European giant wants to double its activity in this market, which is expected to grow by 3.8% per year, to reach $420 billion by 2045.
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