Airbus will increase its workforce by 7,000 employees in 2023

Airbus plans to hire 13,000 employees by 2023, including 7,000 job creations, to respond to increased aircraft production and prepare green aircraft technologies, the European aircraft maker announced on Thursday.

Two thirds of these 13,000 contracts will take place in the four main countries in which the group operates (France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain), the group’s human resources director, Thierry Baril, explained to the press.

In 2022, Airbus has already hired an additional 7,000 employees and 6,000 to replace natural outlets, an “historical record”, according to him.

Success of the A220

“This shows the level of attractiveness of the group in a very complex environment,” he said, pointing to a 5% dropout rate.

More than two thirds (70%) in 2022 are white collar and 27% women, present more in support or engineering roles.

The Covid-19 pandemic had led the aircraft manufacturer to drastically reduce its production rates and announce 15,000 job cuts, a downwardly revised device in favor of public aid such as partial unemployment plans launched by the states. . At the end of 2021, the group had 126,500 employees.

The need for additional employees stems from the ramp-up initiated by the aircraft manufacturer, particularly for its A320 and A220 single-aisle aircraft.

Airbus, which produced 40 A320s a month during the pandemic, plans to increase to 65 aircraft a month by 2024 and 75 “by mid-decade.”

Scaf main collaborator

It is also about hiring in new professions and specialties related to decarbonization, digital transformation and cybertechnology.

Airbus is studying the development of a hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035, a concept that involves a comprehensive overhaul of the entire aircraft architecture.

In the field of defense, it is one of the main manufacturers responsible for developing the future air combat system (Scaf), longed for by Paris, Berlin and Madrid and which will make extensive use of digital technologies yet to be created.

All divisions of the group are affected by contracts, of which 60% correspond to the Commercial Aircraft branch, 25% to the Defense and Space division and 15% to Airbus Helicopters.