Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced a recruitment drive in Ireland to find at least 100 new Irish employees to support its growth plans.

The airline already employs more than 90 Irish staff at the airport, its Dublin line maintenance operation and across its global network.

Now the airline is aiming to more than double those numbers.

Etihad Chief Executive Officer James Hogan, who is in Dublin to participate in the Global Irish Economic Forum at Dublin Castle, said: "We’ve built close relationships with Ireland and with Irish communities around the world since we began our service to Dublin four years ago.

"We have directly invested more than E16 million into Ireland over that time. That money has gone into our premium lounge and ground operations at Dublin airport, our Dublin Line Maintenance Centre and of course our sponsorship commitment as a supporter of GAA hurling. And our operating costs and Irish aircraft financing deals see tens of millions more every year coming into the Irish economy from Etihad." "Next month, we are holding cabin crew recruitment Open Days in Dublin and we are hoping to hire at least 100 employees from this market." Etihad launched its Dublin to Abu Dhabi flights in 2007. Today it operates 10 flights a week into the UAE’s capital city, offering onward connections to another 70 destinations around the world.

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