{"id":178280,"date":"2025-09-29T19:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178280\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:44:09","slug":"lufthansa-to-axe-4000-jobs-as-digitisation-and-ai-support-tighter-airline-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178280\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa to axe 4,000 jobs as digitisation and AI support tighter airline integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lufthansa Group expects to cut 4,000 jobs by the end of the decade, as part of a strategic plan to consolidate operations and increase efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The group intends to integrate its five network airlines \u2013 Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Brussels Airlines and ITA \u2013 more closely, adjusting their organisational structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will clarify responsibilities, promote collaboration and speed up decision-making processes,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p>Group-wide control of its overall network, including short- and medium-haul services, will increase productivity and efficiency, it adds.<\/p>\n<p>The company aims to introduce more than 230 new aircraft, including 100 long-haul airframes, by 2030 but points out that the current delays in aircraft supply is having a \u201cpositive impact\u201d on average yields and capacity utilisation.<\/p>\n<p>Lufthansa Group, which outlined the plans ahead of a 29 September capital markets event, says the company is continuing to implement existing transformation programmes, and is also rapidly integrating ITA following its investment in the Italian carrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lufthansa-c-Lufthansa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/112936_lufthansaclufthansa_4221.jpg\"   loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"1000\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But it acknowledges that the tightening of co-operation between group companies will lead to \u201csignificant changes\u201d in processes, particularly as a result of digitisation and the increasing use of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLufthansa Group is reviewing which activities will no longer be necessary in the future \u2013 owing to, for example, duplication of work,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p>It expects to eliminate 4,000 jobs worldwide by 2030, most of which will be in Germany, with the losses focused on administrative rather than operational roles.<\/p>\n<p>Lufthansa Group has set new medium-term financial targets, intended to \u201cexceed\u201d prior performance and generate \u201csustainably attractive returns\u201d for its shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of 2028-30 it is looking to achieve an adjusted EBIT margin of 8-10%, an adjusted return on capital of 15-20% before tax, and an adjusted free cash flow of more than \u20ac2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinancial strength will continue to be the basis for achieving the financial targets,\u201d says the group, adding that it will maintain a \u201cconservative\u201d minimum liquidity of \u20ac8-10 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Along with its network airlines, the group plans to concentrate on point-to-point services through its Eurowings leisure division \u2013 which is undergoing a fleet renewal with Boeing 737 Max jets \u2013 as well as maintenance and freight operations with Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lufthansa Group expects to cut 4,000 jobs by the end of the decade, as part of a 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