{"id":44776,"date":"2025-09-29T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44776\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:15:08","slug":"lufthansa-to-shed-4000-jobs-with-help-from-ai-dw-09-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44776\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa to shed 4,000 jobs with help from AI \u2013 DW \u2013 09\/29\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany’s national carrier Lufthansa<\/a> on Monday confirmed reports that it intends to cut 4,000 administrative positions by 2030.<\/p>\n

The company said it would use artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization and efficiency savings among its member airlines.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes days after another major German company, the industrial giant Bosch<\/a>, said it would cut 13,000 jobs partly with the use of AI.<\/p>\n

What did Lufthansa say about the cuts?<\/p>\n

“The Lufthansa Group is reviewing which activities will no longer be necessary in the future, for example due to duplication of work,” the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“In particular, the profound changes brought about by digitalization and the increased use of artificial intelligence will lead to greater efficiency in many areas and processes,” it said<\/p>\n

The Lufthansa Group also operates SWISS, Austrian and Brussels Airlines, as well as the low-cost carrier Eurowings<\/a>. It also\u00a0holds a minority stake in Italy’s ITA, which most recently had around 103,000 employees.<\/p>\n

It said the focus would be on cutting administrative rather than operational roles.<\/p>\n

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Lufthansa said it also plans to put its various airlines under tighter central control in a bid to boost profitability.<\/p>\n

Among other things, Lufthansa says it plans to strengthen the Eurowings and the logistics and maintenance units, with the latter expected to expand into the defense sector.<\/p>\n

German trade union Verdi, which represents Lufthansa office staff, has pledged to oppose what it called “drastic cuts,”\u00a0blaming rising aviation costs, from airport fees to new environmental rules.<\/p>\n

“German and European aviation policy bears a large share of the responsibility for this development,”\u00a0union representative Marvin Reschinsky said, urging the federal government to support the sector.<\/p>\n

Lufthansa enjoyed strong profits after the post-Covid travel boom, but 2024 was marked by inflation-driven staff walkouts and much higher operating costs.<\/p>\n

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