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29 March 2024

Dubai’s Emirates airline on hiring spree

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By Shuchita Kapur

Dubai-based Emirates airline is hiring aggressively, and will be soon hosting open days for jobseekers across many cities in Europe and within the Mena region.

This is good news for candidates who wish to be a part of the fast-growing airline. The airline is among the world’s largest in terms of number of passengers it ferries every year, and has an ambitious growth plan in place that will see it flying 70 million passengers in 2020.

In a statement yesterday, the airline said that it, together with its partners in Dubai, is already progressing on plans to ensure the right infrastructure are in place to support and capitalise on this growth.

In its latest hiring spree – to begin next month (November) – Emirates will be conducting open days in cities like Malmo in Sweden, Bari in Italy, Manama in Bahrain and Barcelona in Spain.

The Cabin Crew Open Day in Malmo is slated to be held on November 13, starting 9am at Park Inn by Radisson Malmo.

In Bari, the recruitment process will take place on the same day and time as in Malmo (Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 9am sharp) at Villa Romanazzi Carducci, in Bari.

If you are in Bahrain, the recruitment day will be Monday November 11, 2013, at 9am. The venue is Sheraton Bahrain Hotel, Manama, Bahrain.

Next on the list is Cairo. The Open Day will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 9am at AC Hotel Barcelona Forum, Barcelona, Spain.

“Our recruitment team will be hosting an Open Day to meet potential applicants in person. Please bring with you an updated CV along with passport-size and full-length photos,” reads a statement by the airline.

“By 2020, we will have more than 250 aircraft serving some 70 million passengers across six continents. It will make us the largest airline on the planet by international passenger traffic,” Emirates’ President Tim Clark said earlier this week at a presentation to delegates of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), who were visiting the UAE to make their final decision on the host city for the World Expo 2020. Dubai is a candidate city.

“Having the right equipment is important to our business model, but equally key to the mix is having the right ‘software’ – people and culture. With 50,000 staff from over 160 nationalities, Emirates is one of the largest multicultural organisations in the world,” said Clark.

“What this means is that we have people with a truly global mindset, who thrive in a fast-paced complex world, and are ready to embrace differences to bring the best ideas to the table. This is important if we want to be successful as a global connector and global enabler for travel, business and culture,” he added.

So, if you have the right mindset and are looking to be part of the world’s largest airline, this is your chance. To become a cabin crew member with Emirates airline, you must be at least 21 years of age, have an arm’s reach of at least 212cm (on tip toes) in order to reach emergency equipment on all aircraft, should be educated to high-school level with strong problem-solving skills.

In addition, you should be fluent in spoken and written English (additional languages are desirable), be medically fit to meet air crew requirements and have a positive attitude with a natural ability to provide excellent service in a team environment and when dealing with people from many cultures.