Bristol Airport's workforce has risen to more than 5,500 as the South West transport hub experiences its "busiest summer ever".
Hundreds of new staff have been employed at the site, the airport said, in roles from retail to operations.
It comes amid growing demand for services during the summer season, with travellers jetting off to beach destinations including Palma, Alicante and Faro, and for city breaks to Dublin, Amsterdam and Edinburgh.
New routes from Bristol to Zurich, with Edelweiss, and Istanbul with low-cost airline Pegasus, are also helping to drive demand.
Cherie Marchant, people director at Bristol Airport, said: “We held a dedicated recruitment event in the spring for people who wanted to work at the airport, seeking full-time, part-time and temporary roles.
"We were taken aback by the level of interest – from people keen to explore new careers to others who wanted airport experience and summer jobs.
“This summer season we’ve filled more than 40 vacancies, not including retail and hospitality, which appointed more than 30 new staff, but we still have more roles available. On top of this our 50-plus business partners, have worked hard to train up new recruits ahead of our busiest time of the year.”
Passengers visiting the airport are using the £60m new Public Transport Interchange to access the terminal for the first time. The PTI was opened last month by North Somerset Council leader Mike Bell and Sadik Al-Hassan MP.
The new interchange, which has increased bus and coach capacity, when it opened. But airport bosses have hailed it as the biggest upgrade since the terminal building opened in 2000.
Bristol Airport is currently looking to expand to accommodate 15 million passengers a year, with an extended runway and routes to the US and the Middle East.
The proposals come two years after the transport hub triumphed in a high court case against campaigners, securing permission to expand to 12 million passengers per year.
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