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Lufthansa CEO: Swiss will not go it alone <\/p>\n
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For Johannes Teyssen, Chairman of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board, the future of Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) lies in collaboration within the Lufthansa Group, he said in a newspaper interview.\n<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf we spend our time discussing how the various brands under the Lufthansa umbrella differ from one another, we are on the wrong track,\u201d he said in an interview with the Swiss paper Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
SWISS is independent, but also part of a group. \u201cThere\u2019s no other way. Or do you know of any other airline in Europe or North America with a good hundred aircraft that can survive on its own?\u201d Flying, he explained, is simply a business of economies of scale. For the future, there is \u201conly cooperation, not an either\/or situation\u201d. Anything else is mere nostalgia.<\/p>\n
He does understand the concerns in Switzerland about SWISS, however. \u201cBut sometimes they strike me as phantom pains that you still feel years after an amputation \u2013 rather than focusing on how we can improve together in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Tackling weaknesses\u2019<\/p>\n
His most important task, he said, is to ensure that Central Europe continues to have a large, efficient airline in Lufthansa. \u201cWe have seen during the financial crisis and the Covid-19 crisis just how dangerous it is when international players suddenly drop out. We must be capable of operating core infrastructure ourselves \u2013 whether in finance, energy or, indeed, logistics.\u201d Europe must not allow itself to become dependent on the Chinese, the Americans or others.<\/p>\n
The entire group must return to a position of strength, said Teyssen when asked about the fact that SWISS is Lufthansa\u2019s cash cow, while other airlines such as Austrian, Brussels Airlines or the core Lufthansa brand are making little profit or even incurring losses. He wants to \u201ctackle\u201d the weak spots.<\/p>\n
However, it was still too early to announce any specific measures. \u201cThe group is enormously complex. It has over 100,000 employees and is responsible for 3,000 flights a day. It hasn\u2019t just turned 100 because it\u2019s incapable of anything. I approach my task with great respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teyssen has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Lufthansa in Germany since May.<\/p>\n
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