More UAE airlines join Emirates and Etihad in hiring as their flight networks get busy

UAE airlines are back to hiring, with Air Arabia and Wizz Air Abu Dhabi joining Emirates and Etihad Airways in wanting more personnel as more services return to the skies. For Air Arabia, the recruitments come as it prepares to launch a national airline in Armenia – Fly Arna – by late May. Not just pilots and cabin crew, the new positions being hired include those for back-office positions. Analysts said the UAE airlines are making ‘replacement hires’ to keep their organizations running smoothly and that it would take a while for new jobs to be created. “Organizations in most parts of the world lost some amount of staff and they need to hire for those positions,” said Mark Martin, CEO of Martin Consulting, an aviation industry focussed firm. Emirates and Etihad have already gone through the process in recent months, with the Dubai airline taking in pilots and cabin crew as well as support staff. Abu Dhabi’s Etihad last October went on a major cabin crew recruitment drive as it network started getting busy. Story has details.<br/>