Doha – As the countdown to the start of the FIFA World Cup gets underway, Qatar Airways told Reuters that it is strengthening its operating capacity by hiring more than 10,000 new workers to handle the influx of people travelling to Doha to attend the most important international football competition, as well as in the context of greater expansion yet of the Corona pandemic, which has severely slowed down the global aviation sector over the past two years.
With its desire to host around 1. 2 million guests during the World Cup, which lasts for a month, Qatar has a severe labour shortage, which is likely to put strain on its infrastructure, level of hospitality, and security.
A spokesman from Qatar Airways, who asked not to be named, said that the airline, which is based in Doha, is based on an employment process that raises the total operating power to more than 55 thousand employees, up from about 45,000 now.
As the World Cup preparations are in full gear, “Qatar Airways takes a post-Kofid growth route, and it improves employment across the organisation,” the company said in a statement this week.
The airline refuses to say how many new jobs there will always be. The company had reduced the number of its employees to less than 37 thousand in 2021 after reducing its destinations to 33 cities during the peak of the pandemic in 2020.
The company then went back to expand its operations to over 150 locations.
According to the spokeswoman, employment operations started at the end of September in the Philippines, India, and other nations.
It is not yet clear that the number of new employees will be at the head of their work when the World Cup will start on November 20 in Qatar, which has become the first country in the Middle East to host the main football event.
As more flights are made to Doha during the tournament, other flights will be cancelled or decreased, making up 70% of Qatar Airways’ schedule.
As a result of this event, Qatar, which reopened an old airport, will see an increase in flights.
The company’s largest CEO earlier this year told reporters, “It will be a tremendous problem to be able to manage this fast-paced need for extremely high numbers of followers.
Qatar Airways is seeking for more than 10,000 staff.
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