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15/02/2016
More Than 200 New Jobs Created At Dublin Airport
More than 200 new jobs are to be created at Dublin Airport by Swissport Ireland Ltd, following a period of growth which they said is expected to continue.
The company said that it had seen growth of 23% and expected further growth of 10% in 2016.
The new jobs will be across the company in the areas of customer service agents, ramp handling agents, flight operations, Security and aircraft appearance operatives in order to support the positive development.
Welcoming the announcement Dublin Airport Managing Director, Vincent Harrison said: "We are delighted to see Swissport's business go from strength to strength at Dublin Airport. The recruitment of a further 200 jobs, on top of the 350 recently announced by Dublin Airport further endorses the economic impact of the airport.
"Dublin Airport has had a strong start to 2016 with 17% growth in January alone. This trend is set to continue with 13 new routes/services due to start in the coming weeks."
Swissport has been operating at Dublin Airport since its takeover of Servisair in 2013 which operated at Dublin Airport since 1995.
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The company said that it had seen growth of 23% and expected further growth of 10% in 2016.
The new jobs will be across the company in the areas of customer service agents, ramp handling agents, flight operations, Security and aircraft appearance operatives in order to support the positive development.
Welcoming the announcement Dublin Airport Managing Director, Vincent Harrison said: "We are delighted to see Swissport's business go from strength to strength at Dublin Airport. The recruitment of a further 200 jobs, on top of the 350 recently announced by Dublin Airport further endorses the economic impact of the airport.
"Dublin Airport has had a strong start to 2016 with 17% growth in January alone. This trend is set to continue with 13 new routes/services due to start in the coming weeks."
Swissport has been operating at Dublin Airport since its takeover of Servisair in 2013 which operated at Dublin Airport since 1995.
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