Sydney Airport to hire thousands of staff following Easter chaos

Sydney Airport has announced it is on the lookout for thousands of additional workers across multiple facets of its operations, in anticipation of strong travel demand during the July school holidays. It comes after the airport faced significant scrutiny in April, after an influx in passengers, combined with staff shortages, resulted in hours-long queues at airports, increased cancellations, and passengers missing flights. The airport revealed on Wednesday that over 5,000 jobs are currently vacant across 800 different organisations within the airport, including retail, hospitality, cleaning, security, and airport ground handler positions. In order to aid potential employees into roles with over 40 employers within the airport, Sydney Airport said it will host a jobs fair on Thursday, 16 June, from 10am to 4pm on level 3 of its T1 International Terminal. Job applications will be taken on the spot. “Fifteen thousand jobs were lost at the airport during the pandemic and even though everyone started recruiting heavily when borders looked like opening, we’ve still got 5,000 roles to fill,” said Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert. “Our security contractor and ground handlers have been advertising jobs since December and have brought 500 staff on board since the start of the year, but they have another 1,200 roles to go which is incredibly challenging in this market.”<br/>