Jobs boost announced by Jet2
The new posts will add to around the 100 positions already created by the airline when it launched its first flights from the airport a year ago.
They include pilots, cabin crew, engineers and check-in staff, with Jet2 basing a third aircraft there from Friday.
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Hide AdAround 100 staff also work on Jet2’s 16 routes at Edinburgh airport.
Managing director Ian Doubtfire said: “Both Edinburgh and Glasgow have potential for further growth, but it is a question of how much and how fast, as people are very wary of the economic climate.”
VisitScotland said the Barcelona flights also offered a potential boost for Scottish tourism as the city provided the single biggest market for Spanish travellers flying to the rest of Europe.