Lufthansa expects flight operations to return to normal in 2023 – Welt
BERLIN (Reuters) – Lufthansa doesn’t anticipate its international airline operations to return to regular till 2023 after employees shortages and booming demand amid the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions compelled it to cancel some flights, Die Welt newspaper reported on Saturday.
“Sadly, a short-term enchancment now in the summertime is hardly lifelike,” Lufthansa board member Detlef Kayser advised Die Welt, including the issue is international relatively than unique to Germany and the one method out is to cut back the variety of flights.
Lufthansa has introduced plans to scrap round 3,000 flights, or some 15% of its capability, at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich this summer time.
The German flag provider is making an attempt to make sure trip routes are affected as little as attainable, opting to cancel as a substitute short- and medium-haul flights with many different journey choices, Kayser advised Die Welt.
(Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska;Enhancing by Elaine Hardcastle)
