airBaltic passengers up nearly 400% in April and seeks 120 more pilots....

During April 2022, Latvian airline airBaltic has carried 244 000 passengers – almost four times more
than during the same period last year. In April 2022, airBaltic performed 3 150 flights.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Each month we carry a growing number of passengers, proving that the aviation industry is on a path to recovery. Even though in April we carried significantly more passengers than last year, it is still 40% lower than in 2019.”

 

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airBaltic has just announced it has started a recruitment drive for a total of 120 additional pilots to join the airline, including graduates of its own pilot academy.

Gauss said: “While we continue to employ our airBaltic Pilot Academy graduates and rehire former employees, this time our needs for additional staff reach further, meaning that we are looking for external pilots to join our company. Additional pilots are required to prepare the airline for capacity we will fly in summer 2023.”

airBaltic currently employs 315 pilots. The company is continuing active recruitment, and currently has more than 40 open vacancies, seeking more than 400 additional employees in total. 

To join Gerhard Ramcke, Cheif Pilot at airBaltic, pictures on the far left and the rest of the team at the Latvian carrier, candidates must have EU citizenship, valid EU FCL CPL or ATPL license (EASA form 141), and have at least 300 hours of Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations on aircraft with EFIS, FMA and FMS systems – MTOW of the aircraft at least 5.7 tonnes. For additional information and applications please contact pilotjobs@airbaltic.com

To find out more about these and other job opportunities at airBaltic, feel free to visit http://careers.airbaltic.com.

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