Brussels Airways needs to broaden

Earlier than the summer season holidays, there was nonetheless social unrest on the Belgian subsidiary of the German Lufthansa. A multi-day strike over the workload affected many vacationers. It additionally didn't go effectively financially: within the first half of the 12 months Brussels Airways booked an working lack of 89 million euros.

Social calm appears to have returned two months later. Based on the administration, work has been finished effectively in working teams in current weeks on the workload drawback and “a brand new means of working collectively” has been discovered.

The administration now even sees alternatives out there and needs to broaden the fleet and the workforce, it was introduced internally on Tuesday.

“We're at present investigating numerous development situations that we are going to develop additional within the close to future,” says spokeswoman Maaike Andries. Extra readability must be supplied within the coming months. Every thing is finished in shut cooperation with Lufthansa, it sounds.

As a result of the approaching winter will stay unpredictable, Brussels Airways already needs to rent extra workers. It has subsequently been determined to increase the contracts of 200 non permanent cabin crew members and to recruit further cabin crew. The corporate can also be in search of further pilots and upkeep personnel. The corporate is just not but capable of say what number of jobs could possibly be added.

Based on the corporate, Brussels Airways can consider rising once more because of the efforts made lately to cut back prices. Society was made smaller. Because of the restructuring, “a really robust and aggressive price place has been achieved”, it sounds.