The reduction of another 500 jobs is also up for debate at the AUA sister company Swiss. However, company boss Dieter Vranckx cannot yet quantify the exact extent of the job cuts. In any case, he rules out that the company he runs will need further state aid.

Austrian Airlines announced that another 650 jobs cut be at the Opposition and the Vida union for outrage. These accuse finance minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP), among others, of neglecting to contractually agree on a job guarantee. At Swiss, according to “Sonntagsblick”, there are around 500 positions facing the end.

Vranckx told the mentioned medium that he would be able to answer the exact extent of the reduction in the number of staff in the second quarter of 2021. Around 500 jobs were cut in the previous year. This year there should be another 500, so that the Lufthansa subsidiary may soon only employ 8.000 people. Switzerland grabbed Swiss and its sister company Edelweiss with state-guaranteed loans under the wings.