15% of administrative staff to go
Lufthansa is to cut about 15% of its managerial staff by 2012.
The German national carrier confirmed a report in a newspaper that the losses would be through attrition rather than enforced redundancies.
The move is part of the airline's Climb 2011 programme, announced in July, to cut €1bn costs from its operation, including up to 20% of its workforce.
The implementation of Climb 2011 comes after Lufthansa announced a €8m profit for the first six months of 2009, €669m less than for the same period last year.
At the time, it said that from January to June, total revenue fell by 15.2% from €12bn to €10.2bn compared to the same six month in 2008.
Traffic revenue slumped by 19.3% to €7.8bn while its operating income dropped by 10.1% to €11.6bn.
Its operating profit for the six months fell to €20m compared with €743m for the same period in 2008.
The airline, which spoke of a "crisis in the industry", blamed weak demand and the "altered travel behaviour of the passengers."
It added: "Business travellers in particular, have increasingly been buying tickets in the cheaper booking classes, leading to a significant slide in average yields during the first half of the year."
Lufthansa is understood to employ about 2,000 administrative staff.
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