Lufthansa has announced that two-thirds of its global staff will work reduced hours as a result of the German airline grounding much of its fleet due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lufthansa has applied for state aid to keep approximately 87,000 staff working on shorter hours, a spokesman said. The move was first reported by Business Insider.
Lufthansa employs more than 135,000 staff worldwide.
Agreements
On Monday March 30, Lufthansa said that it had reached agreements with its works council and trade unions to introduce short-time working for at least 27,000 cabin and ground staff in Frankfurt and Munich.
It had also said that members of the executive board had waived 20% of their compensation "in solidarity with all employee groups".
The equivalent of 700 of Lufthansa's fleet of 763 aircraft are currently grounded, the spokesman added.
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