Airbus forecasts the aviation services sector will need to hire about 2.4 million people over the next two decades to meet rising air travel demand. The company estimates roughly 730,000 of those roles will be in maintenance, with labor shortages in workshops cited as an ongoing challenge.
The projection comes as Airbus says the number of passengers is expected to double by 2045, expanding not only airline operations but also the broader services that support them. Simple Flying reports that this growth includes around a million additional cabin crew positions. Across the coverage, the emphasis is on workforce needs across multiple parts of the industry, particularly maintenance and cabin roles, and on how the expected scale of demand will put pressure on hiring and staffing plans.
While outlets focus on different job categories—maintenance capacity in BNN Bloomberg and cabin crew in Simple Flying—they broadly align on the overall hiring figure and the same timeframe through 2045.
