Overview

• Lufthansa will remove about 4,000 administrative roles by 2030, largely in Germany, through digitization, automation and centralization, with operational flight roles not targeted.
• The group raised its mid‑term adjusted operating‑margin goal to 8–10% and says this year’s operating profit should clearly exceed last year’s €1.6 billion.
• Short‑ and medium‑haul networks across Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines will be centrally steered from 2026, IT functions will be bundled and roughly 1,500 full‑time positions will be relocated to other group locations.
• Management plans for only about half of short‑ and medium‑haul aircraft to be flown by the core Lufthansa company by 2030, shifting more flying to lower‑cost affiliates such as Discover and City Airlines.
• Pilots at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo voted by large majorities to authorize industrial action over employer pension contributions, with no strike date set, while Verdi and Ufo signaled resistance to the broader cost‑cutting plans.