Lufthansa to Recruit Nearly 8,000 Flight Attendants in 2018

German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it plans to hire more than 8,000 people in 2018, the latest step in a relentless push for growth at one of Europe’s largest carriers.

Taking into account workers leaving the company, a Lufthansa spokesman told AFP that the net effect of the hiring spree would be “several thousand” new jobs — an increase on the roughly 3,000 who started work last year. More than half of the new employees will be flight attendants.

As well as its own blue-and-yellow liveried fleet, Lufthansa owns a slew of smaller airlines, including no-frills Eurowings, Swiss Air, Austrian and Brussels Airlines. Some 2,500 of the new hires will go to Lufthansa proper, while 2,700 take up jobs at Eurowings.

The subsidiary has been the focus of Lufthansa’s expansion, as chief executive Carsten Spohr seeks to ward off the from low-cost competitors like Ireland’s Ryanair or UK-based Easyjet.  In December, the group received the European Commission’s approval to buy up a large chunk of bankrupt competitor Air Berlin, including 33 leased planes and prized landing slots at busy German airports.

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In 2017, Lufthansa held 11 interviews in cities throughout Germany – the airline said nearly 4,500 candidates attended the Castings last year and many found out whether they were successful the very same day.

And for those of you who think that age is a barrier to fulfilling your dream of becoming cabin crew, here’s some really heartening news.  Adriana Werner was successful at a Lufthansa casting event last year – the mid-50-year old recruit describes her success as a “big dream” saying she couldn’t believe her luck at first.

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