DUBAI: In a time of massive austerity programs across the globe, to address various financial melt-downs, the Middle East's major airline, Emirates is growing. Dubai-based Emirates airline will be hiring more than 4,500 personnel to fill a wide range of vacancies across all continents in the next fiscal year, starting from April 1, 2012. Alison Ward, Vice-President of Recruitment at Emirates, said that the Arab world's largest carrier will add 450 pilots and around 4,000 cabin crew members in the next fiscal year. The carrier said recently that so far in 2012 alone, the airline has recruited cabin crew talent in US states including Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington DC and will be holding an open day in Seattle in March. Emirates will be holding pilot recruitment drives in Atlanta and New York over the coming months. Emirates airline recently held open days in the UAE and will hold more open days in the UAE and other countries in the coming years to fill a wide range of vacancies including engineering, airport operations, cabin crew and IT. Emirates has held several recruitment events for both UAE nationals and expatriates. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/btHxs Tags: Emirates Airlines, Hiring, Thousands Section: Business, Latest News, United Arab Emirates