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Lufthansa looks to cut costs by €1bn as demand shrinks
By Kevin Done in London and Gerrit Wiesmann in Frankfurt
Published: July 17 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 17 2009 03:00
Lufthansa is being forced to cut jobs in its main airline division and to defer deliveries of new aircraft as part of emergency measures to mitigate rising losses.
The German carrier said it was seeking to cut costs by around €1bn ($1.4bn) by the end of 2011 in an effort to reverse the rapid erosion of its competitive position against rival airlines.
Lufthansa has previously been slow to acknowledge publicly the scale of the challenge it faces, but Christoph Franz, the newly appointed chief executive of the main Lufthansa airline division and deputy group chief executive, warned yesterday that the airline industry was suffering "the worst crisis in its history."
In a tough letter to airline division staff he said the "exceptional" decline in demand and passenger numbers was being exacerbated by an "alarming" drop in yields (average fares). The airline was "not earning enough to cover costs" and would report later this month a continuing trend of losses for the first six months of the year.
Mr Franz said Lufthansa losses would "increase significantly" in the coming year due in particular to the rise in fuel costs, unless there was an improvement in market conditions.
Previous efforts to cut costs, reduce capacity and slow capital investment in the crisis had proved insufficient. Mr Franz warned Lufthansa had become uncompetitive. "Many of our competitors are today producing at distinctly more favourable cost levels and can woo important customer groups away from us with more attractive fares," he said. The economic crisis had "bluntly" exposed the group's weakness, he said only days after taking over as head of the division.
Measures would include a 20 per cent cut in administrative staff in the airline, a loss of 400 jobs.
The German carrier, the biggest aviation group in Europe measured by turn-over, warned suppliers they would have to share the pain, and Mr Franz said shrinking cashflow would force the group to consider deferring deliveries of new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus from next year.
Lufthansa has one of the most ambitious order schedules for new aircraft of any airline in Europe with 160 jets, valued at €16bn at list prices before discounts, that must be financed between 2008 and 2014.
The group has already been one of the most active airlines in the capital market this year with two bond issues, the most recent earlier this month to raise €750m, as it seeks to shore up its shrinking cash resources.
Iata, the global airline trade association, warned yesterday that the latest passenger travel numbers cast doubt on the view that a bottom had been reached in the air travel sector.
Total passenger numbers fell by 9.2 per cent in May, the largest fall so far this year.
Most alarmingly for long-haul network carriers such as Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and BA, the numbers of passengers travelling on premium tickets were down by 23.8 per cent in May, after a decline of 22 per cent in April and a 19.2 fall in the first quarter.
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f40e3d4-726b-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html
By Kevin Done in London and Gerrit Wiesmann in Frankfurt
Published: July 17 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 17 2009 03:00
Lufthansa is being forced to cut jobs in its main airline division and to defer deliveries of new aircraft as part of emergency measures to mitigate rising losses.
The German carrier said it was seeking to cut costs by around €1bn ($1.4bn) by the end of 2011 in an effort to reverse the rapid erosion of its competitive position against rival airlines.
Lufthansa has previously been slow to acknowledge publicly the scale of the challenge it faces, but Christoph Franz, the newly appointed chief executive of the main Lufthansa airline division and deputy group chief executive, warned yesterday that the airline industry was suffering "the worst crisis in its history."
In a tough letter to airline division staff he said the "exceptional" decline in demand and passenger numbers was being exacerbated by an "alarming" drop in yields (average fares). The airline was "not earning enough to cover costs" and would report later this month a continuing trend of losses for the first six months of the year.
Mr Franz said Lufthansa losses would "increase significantly" in the coming year due in particular to the rise in fuel costs, unless there was an improvement in market conditions.
Previous efforts to cut costs, reduce capacity and slow capital investment in the crisis had proved insufficient. Mr Franz warned Lufthansa had become uncompetitive. "Many of our competitors are today producing at distinctly more favourable cost levels and can woo important customer groups away from us with more attractive fares," he said. The economic crisis had "bluntly" exposed the group's weakness, he said only days after taking over as head of the division.
Measures would include a 20 per cent cut in administrative staff in the airline, a loss of 400 jobs.
The German carrier, the biggest aviation group in Europe measured by turn-over, warned suppliers they would have to share the pain, and Mr Franz said shrinking cashflow would force the group to consider deferring deliveries of new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus from next year.
Lufthansa has one of the most ambitious order schedules for new aircraft of any airline in Europe with 160 jets, valued at €16bn at list prices before discounts, that must be financed between 2008 and 2014.
The group has already been one of the most active airlines in the capital market this year with two bond issues, the most recent earlier this month to raise €750m, as it seeks to shore up its shrinking cash resources.
Iata, the global airline trade association, warned yesterday that the latest passenger travel numbers cast doubt on the view that a bottom had been reached in the air travel sector.
Total passenger numbers fell by 9.2 per cent in May, the largest fall so far this year.
Most alarmingly for long-haul network carriers such as Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and BA, the numbers of passengers travelling on premium tickets were down by 23.8 per cent in May, after a decline of 22 per cent in April and a 19.2 fall in the first quarter.
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f40e3d4-726b-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html
L'articolo che segue di travelinside.ch è, come sempre, in tedesco.
Sintetizzandone il contenuto, riferisce ciò che è stato riportato sul Neue Ruhr Zeitung, testata giornalistica che a sua volta ha pubblicato una 'internal memo' della compagnia. Allo studio ci sarebbe il taglio di un A/V per ogni volo di lungo raggio di Lufthansa, il che porterebbe a una riduzione di organico tra il personale di volo di 750 unità/anno e un risparmio di 42mil€. Pare, inoltre, si stia anche studiando il modo di ridurre ulteriormente il numero degli assistenti di volo a ridosso della partenza per voli con evidente basso load factor. In particolare su First e Business class, classi che stanno registrando un calo netto di passeggeri.
LH will bei Langstrecken-Crew sparen
Pro Langstreckenflug soll ein Flugbegleiter weniger eingesetzt werden.
22.07.2009 - Nicht nur in der Verwaltung, auch beim fliegenden Personal will Lufthansa sparen. Laut einem internen Schreiben, dessen Inhalt von der Zeitung «Neue Ruhr/Neue Ruhr Zeitung» publik gemacht wurde, heisst es, dass auf jedem Langstreckenflug ein Flugbegleiter abgezogen werden soll. So könnten jährlich bis zu 750 Vollbeschäftigte und rund 42 Millionen Euro eingespart werden. Zusätzlich sollen, wenn die Flugzeuge nicht ausgebucht sind, weitere Flugbegleiter kurzfristig von Flügen abgezogen werden können. Weiter wird berichtet, dass vor allem die First und Business Class mit weniger Personal auskommen könnten, da der Anteil der Kunden in diesen beiden Klassen sowohl im Europa- als auch im Langstreckenverkehr markant gefallen sei.
Bereits letzte Woche hatte die Lufthansa mitgeteilt, bis Ende 2011 eine Milliarde Euro einsparen zu wollen. Unter anderem sollen 20 Prozent der Verwaltungsstellen im Bereich Passage gestrichen werden.
travelinside.ch
Sintetizzandone il contenuto, riferisce ciò che è stato riportato sul Neue Ruhr Zeitung, testata giornalistica che a sua volta ha pubblicato una 'internal memo' della compagnia. Allo studio ci sarebbe il taglio di un A/V per ogni volo di lungo raggio di Lufthansa, il che porterebbe a una riduzione di organico tra il personale di volo di 750 unità/anno e un risparmio di 42mil€. Pare, inoltre, si stia anche studiando il modo di ridurre ulteriormente il numero degli assistenti di volo a ridosso della partenza per voli con evidente basso load factor. In particolare su First e Business class, classi che stanno registrando un calo netto di passeggeri.
LH will bei Langstrecken-Crew sparen
Pro Langstreckenflug soll ein Flugbegleiter weniger eingesetzt werden.
22.07.2009 - Nicht nur in der Verwaltung, auch beim fliegenden Personal will Lufthansa sparen. Laut einem internen Schreiben, dessen Inhalt von der Zeitung «Neue Ruhr/Neue Ruhr Zeitung» publik gemacht wurde, heisst es, dass auf jedem Langstreckenflug ein Flugbegleiter abgezogen werden soll. So könnten jährlich bis zu 750 Vollbeschäftigte und rund 42 Millionen Euro eingespart werden. Zusätzlich sollen, wenn die Flugzeuge nicht ausgebucht sind, weitere Flugbegleiter kurzfristig von Flügen abgezogen werden können. Weiter wird berichtet, dass vor allem die First und Business Class mit weniger Personal auskommen könnten, da der Anteil der Kunden in diesen beiden Klassen sowohl im Europa- als auch im Langstreckenverkehr markant gefallen sei.
Bereits letzte Woche hatte die Lufthansa mitgeteilt, bis Ende 2011 eine Milliarde Euro einsparen zu wollen. Unter anderem sollen 20 Prozent der Verwaltungsstellen im Bereich Passage gestrichen werden.
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