Vacancies hit record high as travel industry struggle to recruit

The airline industry suffered mass job losses during Covid but are ready to bounce back.

Vanessa Taaffe

Workers facing redundancy at Amazon’s Inverclyde warehouse headed to a jobs fair at Glasgow Airport in search of a new career.

With vacancies hitting record highs, the travel industry is struggling to recruit.

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