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.
Makroregion południowy; Małopolskie; Miasto Kraków
Location of affected unit(s)
Kraków
Sector
Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2025
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Ryanair, low-cost airline based in Dublin, has invested 130 million euros to open the first training centre for Boeing 737-8200 crews in Kraków, which created 150 jobs. The new positions include flight instructors, pilots in training, cabin crew, maintenance engineers, simulator technicians, and administrative support staff.
The centre is intended to strengthen the potential of the airport in Balice, create jobs and enable technology transfer to Kraków. The centre was opened on 30 September 2025 and will be able to train up to 500 pilots, cabin crew and engineers.
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 and employs thousands across Europe.
Eurofound (2025), Ryanair, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 203430, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203430.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
