16 EWN 22 - 28 June 2023
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Reign over Spain Betty Henderson THE summer season is nearly upon us and Ryanair is surg ing ahead. The lowcost air line is overpowering rivals in cluding Iberia and Vueling. That’s according to the latest industry data released on Wednesday, June 15. In May, Ryanair command ed an impressive 23 per cent of shares in the market, serv ing nearly 5.8 million passen gers across its 12 airport bases in Spain. According to data collected by airport operator Aena, Ryanair continues to domi nate over its closest rivals, Iberia and Vueling. Vueling saw a 14 per cent improvement in May on last year’s figures, welcoming a total of 4.1 million passen gers. Meanwhile, Iberia achieved a respectable 17 per cent growth on last year’s fig ures, transporting 1.8 million passengers during the month of May. Air Europa secured the fourth spot with remarkable
figures, experiencing a signifi cant resurgence. The airline welcomed 1.36 million pas sengers, surpassing both last year’s numbers and prepan demic levels. Despite poten tial disruptions from pilot
strikes, Air Europa bosses are anticipating a busy summer. Foreign carriers, including Jet2, easyJet, and Eurowings, also made their mark, enter ing the top 10 airlines during May.
Job seekers delight SPAIN’S job market is experi encing an unprecedented surge with 149,645 unfilled job vacancies, setting a new record. The Quarterly Labour Cost Survey (ECTL) by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), re leased on Friday, June 16, re vealed approximately 9,000 more vacancies than during the previous quarter of 2022. Interestingly, Spain stands out in Europe with less than 1 per cent of job vacancies re maining unfilled, much lower than the European average of 2.8 per cent. Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands have the highest vacancy rates at 4.7 per cent.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment highlights that these vacancies are relatively small compared to Spain’s em ployed population of 20.8 mil lion. They also cite data from the final quarter of 2022, indi cating constant improvements in Spain’s employment figures. Minister Yolanda Díaz is con fident that Spain doesn’t face a job vacancy crisis, stating that companies are not struggling to fill employment needs sta tistically. Spain’s thriving job market, with a record number of unfilled job vacancies,re veals its potential for economic growth by attracting job seek ers and bridging the employ ment supply to demand gap.
