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Lufthansa To Streamline Staff Positions
Lufthansa Group is
looking at options for simplifying the way it runs its airlines including the removal of a layer of management staff.
According to an inside source, the options include centralizing functions such as network planning currently done by individual airlines.
Reuters reports that the group is working on the plans with consulting firm, McKinsey, and aims to implement changes in the second half of the year, the source said.
Lufthansa which includes German Wings, Austrian Airlines and Swiss is in the midst of restructuring and tough negotiations with staff as part of efforts to cut costs to compete with low-cost carriers and fast-expanding rivals such as emirates and Turkish Airlines.
Manager Magazine reported that Lufthansa was planning to introduce a management board position that covers its Euro-wings arm, the regional airline that it is expanding into a new low cost carrier.
The Magazine said it was not yet clear how many jobs could be lost as a result of the streamlining.