The Lufthansa group will phase out more than 40 of its 763 aircraft in a bid to cut costs. Germanwings flight operations will also be discontinued. coronavirus
"Germanwings flight operations will be discontinued," Lufthansa said in a statement after a meeting of the group's executive board.The group, which also owns Eurowings, SWISS, Brussels, and Austrian Airlines, said it would decommission or phase out more than 40 of its 763 aircraft in a bid to cut costs.
Lufthansa"does not expect the aviation industry to return to pre-coronavirus crisis levels very quickly," the statement said. "It will take months until the global travel restrictions are completely lifted and years until the worldwide demand for air travel returns to pre-crisis levels."The bulk of the fleet reductions will be at the flagship Lufthansa brand, and includes the phaseout of 11 Airbus A320s, 5 Boeing 747-400s, and 7 A340-600s.Lufthansa said the goal was"to offer as many people as possible continued employment within the Lufthansa group.
German unions representing cabin and cockpit crew had pleaded with Lufthansa bosses in an open letter on Monday, April 6, not to"sacrifice" the Cologne-based Germanwings unit, which employs some 1,400 people, urging a group-wide solution to the current turmoil.
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