From June to September, 80 percent of the capacity before the Corona crisis is planned for the passenger airlines, the AUA mother announced on Thursday. So far, 85 percent of the pre-crisis year 2019 had been targeted.
Due to staff shortages at airports and also at airlines, there is a huge crunch when air traffic is ramped up in the summer travel boom after the Corona crisis. The Lufthansa core brand alone had to cancel more than 7,000 flights in the summer months. The other two large network airlines Air France-KLM and IAG also reduced their plans for the summer quarter by five percentage points to 80 to 85 percent, based on all passenger flights.
After massive staff cuts in the Corona crisis, Lufthansa is switching to recovery and growth with numerous new hires. In the second half of the year, around 5,000 employees are to be hired – in the cockpit, cabin and on the ground. As many again next year. After an operating profit of almost 400 million euros in the second quarter, the MDax group gave a profit forecast for the current year for the first time: Thanks to the boom in the freight business, Lufthansa is expecting an operating profit of more than 500 million euros.
Source: Nachrichten
