PARIS, June 21 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA) has filled more than half of the 13,000 positions it expects to create in 2023, as aerospace manufacturers try to boost staff numbers to meet soaring demand, the European planemaker said on Wednesday. Planemakers and aerospace suppliers are wrestling with shortages of workers, from engineers to machine shop operators, which is holding back plans to ramp up aircraft production needed to meet soaring travel demand. Airbus said it had filled more than 7,000 positions so far. Of the 7,000-plus hires, 29% are aged 28 or below, a trend that Baril expects will continue through year’s end, he told Reuters in an interview. Reporting by Allison Lampert Editing by Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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