Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51 - Air transport

600 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 January 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Lufthansa announced to accelerate its cost saving programme in Europe because of a decline in regional traffic. By March 2010, 19 out of 34 airplanes of Lufthansa's company Eurowing will be grounded. This will affect several hundred administrative, technical and flight services jobs, FTD says. On 25 January Bayrischer Rundfunk reports a Eurowing spokesperson saying that 600 jobs are at risk to be cut.  Of these 300 jobs shall be shed at Nuremberg - 170 administrative jobs, 70 technical jobs, 60 pilots and 90 flight attendants.     


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Eurowings, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 70080, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70080.