Etihad Airways Wants To Recruit 1,000 Cabinet Crew: Offer Salaries, Insurance To Complete Correspondence

Cabin crew of Etihad Airways. (Source: Etihad Airways)

JAKARTA - Airline Etihad Airways plans to recruit around 1,000 cabin crew by the end of this year, along with plans to develop its network and connect more cities in the world.

To support the plan, the Abu Dhabi-based airline, United Arab Emirates (UAE) will hold open recruitment sessions and invites from this month until the end of the year in several cities, such as Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Athens, Antalya, Malaga and Manchester.

Recruitment sessions will also be held in Copenhagen, Vienna, Singapore, Nice, Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, D\"usseldorf, Milan, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Colombo to Jaipur.

"Along with the continued development of Etihad, we are looking for extraordinary individuals to join our team who have the same ambition to become airlines that everyone wants to fly," said Nadia Bastaki, head of human resources and company affairs Etihad., reported The National News May 31.

Currently, the cabin crew of Etihad Airways comes from 112 countries, although all of them live in Abu Dhabi.

According to the website Etihad Airways, applicants must be at least 21 years old, have excellent English skills and have high school diplomas or other higher education qualifications.

Previous experience was not important to work as a cabin crew, as candidates who graduated would be trained at the Zayed Campus Aviation Training Etihad adjacent to the airline headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

In addition to decent salaries, airlines also provide complete fibered accommodation, health insurance and other allowances for cabin crew.

This new announcement comes as airlines continue to develop their network. This month, airlines will start flights to Bali and Jaipur, as well as seasonal destinations such as Mykonos Island and Santorini in Greece, the Malaga holiday resort in Spain to Antalya in Turkey, airline added.

Etihad's operational fleet has now increased to 89 aircraft in the first quarter, from 75 in the previous year, including the addition of three new Boeing 787 in February this year.