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Aviation

Aviation Recruitment & Staffing Agency

Operations, ground services and engineering specialists — sourced, checked and placed by a UK aviation staffing agency that understands a schedule change doesn’t wait for a slow hire.

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Hire aviation talent, quickly and easily

Need an operations, ground services or engineering specialist on your team? Alliance runs permanent, contract and outsourced aviation searches for 12,000+ UK businesses, so you get a shortlist of vetted candidates without carrying the search in-house.

What you get working with Alliance:

  • 12,000+ UK businesses already hired through Alliance — permanent, contract or fully outsourced aviation hiring.
  • 98% offer-acceptance rate once a candidate is put forward, built on 16 years of UK recruitment.
  • 70% interview-to-offer rate — fewer, better-matched interviews, not a flood of unsuitable CVs.
Roles We Recruit For

Roles We Recruit For in Aviation

From the ramp to the hangar, these are the roles we place most for airlines, airports and aviation suppliers.

Airline & Airport Operations

Operations Manager, Duty Manager, Dispatch Coordinator, Customer Service Lead.

Ground Services & Ramp Operations

Ramp Agent, Ground Handling Supervisor, Baggage Operations Lead, Turnaround Coordinator.

Aerospace & Maintenance Engineering

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Avionics Technician, MRO Project Engineer, Line Maintenance Supervisor.

Safety & Compliance

Safety Manager, Compliance Officer, Quality Assurance Auditor, Training Coordinator.

How We Staff

How Our Aviation Staffing Agency Works

Whether you need an aviation staffing agency for a seasonal schedule change or crew gap, or an aviation recruitment agency search for a permanent hire, it runs through the same screening standard.

Permanent Recruitment

Direct hires onto your core operations, engineering or compliance team.

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Aviation Temp & Seasonal Staffing

Short-notice cover for a seasonal schedule change, a crew gap or an unplanned absence.

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Hand us a whole aviation hiring programme — a new route launch, a base opening — and we run it end to end.

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Hiring OS

Run your own aviation hiring process through our AI-assisted platform, with our consultants alongside you.

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Hiring Challenges

Aviation Recruitment Challenges We Solve

A schedule change doesn’t wait for a slow hire.

Seasonal timetable changes and route launches need ground and operations staff in place fast — our temp and seasonal pipeline is built for that timeline.

Engineering roles need verified licensing, not just a CV match.

Maintenance and engineering hires carry real regulatory exposure — licensing and certification are checked before any candidate reaches your shortlist.

Senior operations and engineering hires need discretion.

A base manager or chief engineer search often can’t be advertised openly — we run these as a quiet, direct search.

How It Works

Four steps from brief to hire

— 01

Brief us

Tell us the role, the team and what “right” looks like.

— 02

We search

Our consultants source and screen against the skills that matter.

— 03

You interview a shortlist

Fewer, better-matched candidates, not a stack of CVs.

— 04

You hire

We handle as much of the process as you want us to.

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Why Alliance

Why UK employers choose Alliance for Aviation hiring

12,000+ UK businesses have hired through Alliance. Aviation searches run on the same standard — a 98% offer-acceptance rate and a 70% interview-to-offer rate once a candidate is put forward.

12,000+businesses supported with permanent, temp and RPO hiring
16 Yearsserving clients globally
98%offer acceptance rate once a candidate is put forward
70%interview-to-offer rate — fewer, better-matched interviews
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FAQ

Aviation Recruitment Agency FAQs

Do you recruit for both operations and engineering roles?

Yes — ground and airport operations through to aircraft maintenance and avionics engineering.

Can you cover a seasonal schedule change or crew gap at short notice?

Yes, short-notice temporary cover is one of our most common aviation placements.

Do you check licensing and certification for engineering candidates?

Yes — relevant licensing and certification are checked before a candidate reaches your shortlist.

Can you support a new route launch or base opening?

Yes, including a full recruitment outsourcing programme where that’s a better fit.

Talk to Our Team

Tell us about your Aviation hire

Tell us what aviation role you’re hiring for, and a specialist consultant will get back to you.