The Emirates recruitment team will be in Malta to interview applicants interested in joining the Dubai-based international airline as cabin crew. Prospective candidates can attend an open day and screening this Saturday at the InterContinental Malta, St George’s Bay, St Julian’s at 9am. Successful candidates will be invited to attend the final interviews, which will be held between Sunday 18 and Tuesday 20 February.

Applicants are required to present their resumé together with full length and passport size photographs in business attire. Alternatively candidates may submit their applications on-line via Emirates’ career portal,

www.emiratesgroupcareers.com.

“This is a great opportunity for talented Maltese men and women to join Emirates’ multi-cultural workforce,” said Paul Fleri Soler, Emirates’ manager for Malta and Cyprus. “The selected candidates will be given specialised training at Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Training and experience are paramount in our crew’s efforts to provide an enjoyable and comfortable journey for all our passengers.”

Emirates offers its staff an exciting and rewarding career as well as tremendous growth opportunities. It is one of the world’s most successful and fastest-growing international airlines, and has plans to double its fleet size and global network in the next decade,

There are at present 80 Maltese working for the airline as cabin crew. Being based in Dubai, Emirates offers its cabin crew an international lifestyle, an attractive tax-free salary including accommodation, and the opportunity to work with an award-winning multinational team. Salaries for cabin crew are very competitive and packages of attractive travel benefits and excellent professional development opportunities are available.

Candidates should have an education up to at least Matriculation level, and be fluent in written and spoken English. The ability to communicate in other languages and previous customer service experience are added advantages.

Emirates cabin crew are trained to deliver the very best in customer service and to ensure safety and comfort for the passengers. Now numbering over 7,500, Emirates cabin crew are selected from more than 100 nationalities. This ensures that every flight has at least one cabin crew member who speaks the language of the destination.

Emirates flies a modern fleet of 101 wide-bodied aircraft to over 80 cities in 59 countries worldwide.