"If Economically Viable": Lufthansa Announces Further Cuts on the Short-Haul Route

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Lufthansa is already losing 20,000 flights this summer due to the closure of the Cityline. However, the regional subsidiary could only be the beginning of a large strike wave until 2028.

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Following the departure of Cityline, Lufthansa is planning further deletions in the intra-European network. Member of the Executive Board Dieter Vranckx mentions details of the corporate conversion and makes a promise to customers.

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The Lufthansa Group will continue to thin out its short-haul network even after the completion of Lufthansa Cityline and the cancellation of 20,000 flights in the current summer program. Most of the consolidation is expected to be completed by 2028 – but the responsible Group Executive Board leaves open how far the network is still shrinking.

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The shrinking of the Lufthansa Group's short-haul network will continue even after the end of Lufthansa CityLine and the removal of 20,000 flights from the current summer schedule. "We will always selectively reduce capacity on short-haul routes when it is economically necessary," Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer on the Group Executive Board, told the Handelsblatt newspaper. He added that this is an ongoing process in which the network's…