Lufthansa, which the German government has decided to support with nine billion euros, has so far expected to reduce its squadron by 100 machines in the medium term.
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This year, however, due to continuing travel restrictions, it is newly estimated that the offer of flights will be at 20 to 30 percent compared to the pre-crisis period.
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Originally, the company assumed that by the end of this year, it would have half the aircraft back in the air.
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Lufthansa will decommission eight large-capacity A380 aircraft and ten A340-600 aircraft, which it originally expected to return to service, for a long time. The remaining seven A340-600 machines will also be permanently out of order.
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According to the latest figures, Germany’s largest airline employs about 128,000 people. Last year, there were 10,000 more, and mostly those who worked for the company left the company.
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Lufthansa plans to cut its managerial position by 20 percent in the first quarter of next year and reduce office space in Germany by 30 percent.
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The coronavirus crisis has hit air travel around the world hard. Lufthansa is losing 500 million euros a month and hopes to reduce office space by 100 million a month less in the winter.
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