Monarch Airlines creates jobs with Birmingham maintenance facility

  • 2013-11-29
A newly opened aircraft maintenance hangar located at Birmingham Airport is expected to create around 300 jobs.

Opened earlier this week, the Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd hangar is large enough to hold 450 double-decker buses, or four football pitches.

To date, it is the only site in Britain with enough space for the maintenance of one of the biggest aeroplanes in the world – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, some variants of which can hold up to 330 passengers.

The chief executive of Birmingham Airport, Paul Kehoe, confirmed that the hangar will initially create around 150 jobs, potentially making an additional 150 posts available at a later date.

He explained that the new facility underpins the airline’s commitment to the region, creating jobs for skilled engineers and young people who are hoping to embark on a career in aeroplane maintenance.

Airlines often publicise details of updated services or new premises by turning to professional printing companies, in South Birmingham and other areas of the UK.

Monarch Airlines, which is based at Luton Airport, is owned by Globus Travel group and currently employs around 3,000 people across the country. The firm is reported to have carried 6.3 million travellers in 2012 alone.

The construction of the new hangar follows an announcement made earlier in November, that the firm Plans to double the size of its Birmingham fleet. Executive chairman Ian Rawlinson said the company would introduce 60 new jets to replace its current aeroplanes – an order that coincided with major investments in staff training.

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