Lufthansa: Further group-wide cost cuts 'inevitable'

The group’s executive board this week set out the second phase of its Covid restructuring programme.

Plans include reducing leadership positions by 20% and shedding around 1,000 admin roles.

Lufthansa’s plans build on measures set out in April, which include reducing the group’s overall headcount by the equivalent of 22,000 full-time posts (16%).

It is also proposing to reduce its fleet by 100 aircraft, while subsidiary Germanwings will not resume flight operations following the coronavirus crisis.