Jet2.com set to create 350 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport
More than 350 jobs are to be created by Jet2.com at Leeds Bradford Airport as part of its further expansion of services across the region and the UK.
Leeds-headquartered Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has announced a recruitment drive, with over 3,000 jobs up for grabs across the UK and Europe in a variety of positions to support the company’s growth – and over 350 of these will be based at Leeds Bradford Airport.
The announcement comes as the airline and tour operator continues its growth strategy, on the back of a bumper Summer 2018. After its biggest ever programme of flights and holidays this summer, the company will increase capacity at Leeds Bradford Airport by another 6% in Summer 2019, with over 1.8m seats on sale.
The new programme will see Jet2.com and Jet2holidays launch three brand new destinations from Leeds Bradford Airport – Bourgas in Bulgaria, Izmir in Turkey and Chania in Crete.
The company is looking to recruit individuals to fill over 150 cabin crew and 200 ground operations positions at Leeds Bradford Airport, in addition to vacancies in flight deck roles. The flight deck roles are targeted at experienced pilots. The ground operations team will be responsible for ensuring that flights depart safely and on time.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “This is our biggest ever recruitment drive at Leeds Bradford Airport, and once again demonstrates our commitment to investing in our customers and in people’s careers. The success of our award-winning business is down to the hard work of our fantastic colleagues, and we are looking forward to meeting passionate people to join our expanding team.”
David Laws, CEO at Leeds Bradford Airport: “This year marks the fifteenth anniversary for Jet2.com at Leeds Bradford Airport. In this time, they have gone from strength to strength and its continued success is down to its huge choice of routes and the amazing customer service of the team.”
The positions for Summer 2019 will be advertised from September 2018.
