Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa is reactivating five more A340s and Swiss is taking back A330s

Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr (Photo: Granit Pireci).
Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr (Photo: Granit Pireci).

Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa is reactivating five more A340s and Swiss is taking back A330s

Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr (Photo: Granit Pireci).
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In the summer of 2023, Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr wants to get up to five Airbus A380s in the air. These are expected to be used from Munich. It has not yet been finally decided whether three or four super jumbos will be used and one will be kept available as a backup.

At a staff meeting, the company boss also stated that five more Airbus A2023-340s are to be reactivated for the 600 summer flight schedule. The subsidiary Swiss is to put those A330s that are currently parked in Jordan back into scheduled service.

Spohr also admitted to the workforce that too many employees had been cut as part of the volunteer programs. At the moment you would also suffer from the fact that you have a lot of sick leave. Airports and other partners also have this problem. There are also irregularities in the supply chains due to the lack of personnel.

However, the Lufthansa CEO is also of the opinion that it is of no use if all those involved "pass the buck to each other". Everyone - airports, airlines, travel agencies and politicians - made mistakes. The speed of recovery in demand would have been "massively underestimated" by everyone.

Carsten Spohr was shocked by a completely different circumstance. The behavior of some passengers has changed drastically in the direction of aggressiveness towards employees. It would be unique in the company's history that security forces had to be hired to protect Lufthansa employees. The statement by the crane boss corresponds to reports from Lufthansa and airport employees as well as flying personnel from various airlines - including LH.

It was repeatedly explained to Aviation.Direct that one is confronted with insults, threats, aggressive choice of words and sometimes even physical attacks. Only a few passengers are still displaying such misconduct, but the trend is rising sharply. According to a Lufthansa flight attendant, the topic of masks is particularly common on board.

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  • Ronald Krispin, 2. July 2022 @ 11: 55

    After Mr. Joussen, Mr. Spohr will certainly be the next person to leave.

    Where have travel agencies made mistakes? Except that they trusted the carriers such as Lufthansa and contributed immensely to the reconstruction ...

    The call for AMDs in the opposite direction is getting loud and prevailing!

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  • Ronald Krispin, 2. July 2022 @ 11: 55

    After Mr. Joussen, Mr. Spohr will certainly be the next person to leave.

    Where have travel agencies made mistakes? Except that they trusted the carriers such as Lufthansa and contributed immensely to the reconstruction ...

    The call for AMDs in the opposite direction is getting loud and prevailing!

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