Aviation sector aims to hire 4,000 more workers by year end to cope with demand: Iswaran

Singapore’s aviation sector will have to employ an additional 3,500 to 4,000 workers by the end of the year to cope with the expected surge in travel during the northern hemisphere winter season, transport minister S. Iswaran said. From October, Singapore needs to prepare for flights to reach about 80% of 2019 levels from the current 64%, he said on Tuesday. Passenger numbers are now averaging 58%, a steady increase since Singapore reopened its borders five months before him. Regarding the need for manpower to meet the increased traffic, Iswaran said the sector has cut about 10,000 workers over the past two years. That’s about a third of his 35,000 workers in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first six months of the year, we have already hired over 4,000 people. In addition, he will employ 4,000 people, bringing the headcount level to around 33,000. “This is an extraordinary feat. Not just in terms of numbers, it’s a very rapid increase, but we also need to make sure the people involved are trained to be prepared for the operational requirements,” Iswaran said. I was. when he visited Terminal 4 of Changi Airport. “This is a major exercise and all stakeholders are very focused on it.”<br/>