NEW jobs are being created with easyjet after the airline announced a recruitment drive for an extra 1,140 cabin crew and pilots in the next year - with a bid to increase the number of female pilots.

Carolyn McCall, easyjet chief executive, announced that easyJet will recruit approximately 830 cabin crew and 310 pilots.

There will be job opportunities for both pilots and crew at all easyJet's bases across the UK - Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Southend and Stansted.

Interested candidates are invited to apply here and to visit easyJet’s linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/easyjet

EasyJet provides the majority of their training, learning and development in house. As well as training new pilots and cabin crew around 7,000 current easyJet crew complete annual recurrent training.

Around 60% of this training will now take place at the new easyJet Gatwick Academy with the remainder being delivered at easyJet’s existing training facility in Luton.

Over the next year, the airline will also promote 200 Cabin Crew to Cabin Managers and 140 Co-Pilots to Captains. ‎

easyJet has also launched a new initiative to increase the recruitment of female pilots. It aims to double the proportion of new entrant pilots who are female over two years‎ in the first phase of a long term strategy to recruit, retain and develop many more female pilots.

Carolyn McCall said: "easyJet is a dynamic airline and we are looking for people who are as passionate about aviation as they are about customer service. We are fully committed to nurturing new talent and there are plenty of development opportunities available.

"We are proud of our skilled crew who offer the best customer service on the routes that we fly. They are trained in safety and medical procedures as well as customer service so they can provide easyJet's customers with the friendly service they have become accustomed to on every flight, every day on our 1500 daily flights.

“The skill and professionalism of our pilots is one of easyJet’s key strengths. We offer a clear career path for pilots with the potential to move from first officer to captain more quickly than at other airlines. Beyond that there are further opportunities for pilots to develop their career whether that is into training or management.”