Wizz restores pre-pandemic pilot salaries
Wizz Air will reinstate pilots’ salaries to their pre-Covid levels from 1 October, and is launching a recruitment drive to bring in additional staff as it rebounds from the pandemic. The low-cost carrier enacted a temporary pay cut for pilots last year as it sought to slash costs as booking numbers collapsed, but a rapid rebound in activity is now leading the carrier to embark on its largest-ever recruitment drive. It is seeking 200 new pilots and 800 members of cabin crew by December. Over the next 10 years, it foresees a tripling of its fleet to more than 500 aircraft, growth that will require an average of 200 new recruits each year for a decade. “The recruitment drive follows a year of rapid expansion for Wizz Air, despite the challenges of the pandemic,” says the carrier. “Since March 2020, Wizz Air has added 18 new bases and over 300 new routes to its network, which spans Europe and beyond, and is now flying over 100% of pre-Covid capacity on over 1,000 routes to 197 destinations in 49 countries. “In the UK, Wizz Air has opened two new bases at Gatwick and Doncaster Sheffield, with its fourth base at Cardiff airport due to launch in summer 2022, demonstrating the airline’s commitment to the UK market and its strong foothold for further growth.”<br/>
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Wizz restores pre-pandemic pilot salaries
Wizz Air will reinstate pilots’ salaries to their pre-Covid levels from 1 October, and is launching a recruitment drive to bring in additional staff as it rebounds from the pandemic. The low-cost carrier enacted a temporary pay cut for pilots last year as it sought to slash costs as booking numbers collapsed, but a rapid rebound in activity is now leading the carrier to embark on its largest-ever recruitment drive. It is seeking 200 new pilots and 800 members of cabin crew by December. Over the next 10 years, it foresees a tripling of its fleet to more than 500 aircraft, growth that will require an average of 200 new recruits each year for a decade. “The recruitment drive follows a year of rapid expansion for Wizz Air, despite the challenges of the pandemic,” says the carrier. “Since March 2020, Wizz Air has added 18 new bases and over 300 new routes to its network, which spans Europe and beyond, and is now flying over 100% of pre-Covid capacity on over 1,000 routes to 197 destinations in 49 countries. “In the UK, Wizz Air has opened two new bases at Gatwick and Doncaster Sheffield, with its fourth base at Cardiff airport due to launch in summer 2022, demonstrating the airline’s commitment to the UK market and its strong foothold for further growth.”<br/>
