In Germany, Airbus will refrain from layoffs until March

In Germany, Airbus will not announce any redundancies for operational reasons. For the employees, however, this is not a complete all-clear.

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The Germans Airbus locations will be until the end of March no redundancies for operational reasons pronounce. An Airbus spokesman announced on Tuesday in Hamburg that this was a result of the negotiations between the social partners. First the “Stader Tageblatt” and the “Hamburger Abendblatt” reported on it.

For the Airbus employees, however, this means an intermediate step not a complete all-clear: Of the Job cuts at the aircraft manufacturer continues – via severance payments, partial retirement models, transfer companies and other voluntary regulations. There could be redundancies for operational reasons in the coming year, depending on what is then achieved Workforce and the Location of the industry and the company.

Airbus: Collective bargaining continues

The Collective bargaining between Airbus and IG Metall coast continue; the next hearing is in November. Among other things, it is about Reduction of working hours without wage compensation. Because the orders for new aircraft have collapsed, Airbus wants around worldwide 15,000 job cutsit was said so far. Of these, around 3200 jobs would be in northern Germany. In addition, more than half of 3,000 temporary workers have already lost their jobs. Airbus has cut A320 production from 60 to 40 per month.

The Airbus deliveries a total of fell in the first nine months of this year around 40 percent on 341 aircraft. Many experts question whether this has already bottomed out. That depends on the development of air traffic and the airlines, which is difficult to predict. So far, the market environment has recovered more slowly than expected. (dpa / mbo)