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German Government Debates Micromanaging Lufthansa

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 27, 2020April 26, 2020 3 Comments

Lufthansa is on the cusp of receiving a massive bailout from four European governments. But with money comes coercion and the debate now shifts to how much control should be asserted over the German airline group.

Lufthansa Group Poised To Receive €10 Billion Bailout

The Lufthansa Group, which includes carriers Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and SWISS, now sees a government bailout as its only mean of survival. Viewed as too important to fail, Lufthansa is working with the Austrian, Belgian, German, and Swiss government on a rescue aid package for €10 Billion, the majority of which would come from Germany.

Lufthansa is burning through €1 million per hour and now has a reserve of about €4 billion…with ticket liability of €4 billion. Lufthansa has stoped issuing refunds and the German government has been supportive of such measures.


> Read More: How Lufthansa Is Fleecing Customers…Again
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With time running out, Germany has taken the lead in negotiating an aid package that will save jobs and breathe fresh life into these struggling carriers. Even with the bailout, though, Lufthansa expects to shine by 10,000 workers and 100 planes in the short-term.

Will Governments Exert Control Over Lufthansa?

In Germany, the Social Democrats (SPD), a center-left party and part of the ruling coalition, want to exert control over Lufthansa in exchange for aid.

“If companies such as Lufthansa receive billions of euros in state aid from taxpayers’ money, the federal government must also be guaranteed a say in the matter.”

But the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), the two more conservative coalition partners, feel that government involvement would hurt Lufthansa’s competitiveness and ultimately hurt consumers and employees. Instead, the infusion in cash is considered a short-term effort to shore up a critical element of the German economy.

“The necessary later exit from the state holding will be made even more difficult if the state is involved in the management of the company.”

That debate will continue this week, as the government sits down with Lufthansa for another round of talks.

CONCLUSION

Aid for Lufthansa and its subsidiary airlines is all but certain. The question now is whether Germany and other European governments will demand not only equity, but a seat at the operational table in exchange for this aid.

> Read More: Lufthansa Seeks State Aid From Four Nations

image: Lufthansa

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. Gene Reply
    April 27, 2020 at 7:57 am

    @ Matthew — I think that is a great idea. Issues refunds rather than stealing customers money would be great first step.

  2. Paolo Reply
    April 27, 2020 at 9:04 am

    If the governments put up the cash to save the airlines, then they should own the companies they save. Shareholders should get nothing: they’ve taken the risk in investing, they must suffer the consequences of the insolvency. Airline stocks are the slot machine equivalent in the investment world.
    In effect, we’re going to be back to the situation of 60 years ago, in which virtually all airlines are state owned, genuine national carriers.
    How many airlines have the cash/assets to weather this storm? 5 or 6 in the whole world..
    Lufthansa may not be the ‘crack cocaine addict’ looking for state aid, as suggested by O’Leary…but it’s certainly broke, and as dead as a dodo without it.

  3. WR2 Reply
    April 27, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    What a carefully constructed perfect image of diversity that pic is. 2 men, 2 women, 1 Asian, 1 black, 1 brown 1 white. Gosh, I wonder if that was planned? Too bad the demographics of Germany, or Lufthansa FAs, looks nothing like that. Such shameless pandering, brought to you by Germany:. China and Iran’s chief apologists. The country has gone off the deep end since I lived there in the 90s…such a shame.

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