Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The low-costs Irish carrier Ryanair has announced that it will create 600 new jobs in Europe.
The company opened two new aircraft maintenance hangars at the Kaunas Airport in Lithuania and the Wroclaw Airport in Poland Ryanair-2024-PL. Each hangar will recruit about 300 highly skilled aviation engineers and mechanics. Both hangars have an area of eight thousand square meters and can accommodate four aircraft at the same time. The total investment in both maintenance facilities is €45 million.
Ryanair, established in 1984 and based in Dublin, Ireland, is an airline in Europe, operating over 2400 daily flights across more than 230 destinations in 40 countries.
Previous Ryanair’s events at the EU level have been recorded in the ERM events database: Ryanair-EU-2021a and Ryanair-EU-2021b
Eurofound (2024), Ryanair, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 201236, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201236.
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