This year, Lufthansa Group is gearing to add at least 10,000 people to its existing workforce of over one lakh. Most of the roles—more than 50 per cent— are likely to be filled in Germany itself, which is its domestic market. These roles are spread across operations, technical and administration departments. The Group will also actively hire ground staff and flight attendants.
It is reported that at least 2,000 hires will be made for Lufthansa Technik—a firm that offers aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul and modification services—while about 700 will be hired for Austrian Airlines, and an equal number for Eurowings, which are subsidiaries of Lufthansa. About 1,200 will be hired by Lufthansa Airlines.
At present, the Lufthansa Group has more than one lakh people in its global workforce spread across 90 countries.
In April last year, that is, 2024, the Lufthansa Group had posted losses to the tune of €849 million, whereas its losses in Q1 of 2023 were only €273 million.
Losses incurred due to flight attendants and ground staff of Lufthansa Airline going on strike had cost the airline about €350 million. In order to resolve the issues of the striking staff, the airline had also had to shell out another €100 million in the form of pay hikes and short-term bonuses.
In addition to Lufthansa Airline, the subsidiaries such as Austrian and Brussels Airlines had also experienced strikes, walkouts and worker protests.
