COVID-19 Pandemic: German Airline Lufthansa Plans Job Cut, To Ground 500 Aircraft

Flugzeuge der Lufthansa stehen am Freitag (07.09.2012) in Düsseldorf auf dem Vorfeld des Flughafens. Die Flugbegleiter bei der Lufthansa haben ihren ersten bundesweiten Streik begonnen. Rund 100 000 Passagiere dürften Schätzungen zufolge betroffen sein. Die Lufthansa hat rund 1000 der 1800 Verbindungen auf dem Flugplan gestrichen. Foto: Federico Gambarini dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++


Lufthansa is bracing for hundreds of aircraft to remain grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic well into 2022 and that further job cuts at its maintenance and catering businesses were inevitable.

The German airline is set to ground 500 of its 763 aircraft by 2022 due to COVID-19.

In a letter to staff, the airline’s executive board said that 300 aircraft would remain grounded in 2021 and that 200 aircraft would be grounded in 2022.

“In the summer of 2023, when we hopefully will have put this crisis behind us, we will still likely have a fleet that is 100 aircraft smaller,” the board said in the letter.

The airline group had a fleet of 763 planes at the end of 2019, according to its annual report.

Maintenance unit Lufthansa Technik and catering business LSG would have to face a considerable number of additional jobs to be cut, according to the letter.

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