TOKYO: Japan Airlines has said that it will employ about 100 new graduates as cabin attendants in fiscal 2023.

Although the number of flight passengers remains low amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, JAL will hire new graduates as cabin attendants for the first time in three years, expecting a recovery in air travel demand.

JAL will accept applications from students expected to graduate between April 2022 and March 2023. Graduates between April 2020 and March 2022 will also be eligible to apply, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

In addition, JAL will hire some 90 people for career-track positions and 80 people as pilots.

In fiscal 2020, before the pandemic, JAL employed about 600 people as cabin attendants, 140 people for career-track positions and 50 people as pilots.

Meanwhile, ANA Holdings Inc. has restarted its recruitment activities to hire new graduates for career-track positions for the first time in three years, planning to employ 55 people. However, it decided not to recruit cabin attendants for the third straight year.

JIJI Press