Lufthansa Technik plans to hire 1,500 people globally

Lufthansa Technik is aiming to increase its workforce worldwide by more than 1,500 people this year, bringing it back up to about 22,000 employees.

Lufthansa Technik AG took a big step out of the pandemic-related aviation crisis during financial year 2021 and returned to profitability. 

"2021 was another tough year that demanded everything from all of us. We have rigorously reorganized and restructured painfully, but today Lufthansa Technik is better, more efficient and more powerful than before the crisis. We owe this not least to the commitment and flexibility of our employees," said Dr. Johannes Bussmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik.

Dr. Johannes Bußmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG

At least 1,500 new hires planned worldwide, of which 700 in Germany

Dr. Bussmann sees this as confirmation of his strategy: "The fact that we still service the largest share of the world's commercial aircraft fleet is no coincidence. In terms of sales, it is now paying off that before the crisis, we systematically invested in capabilities for the major new aircraft and engine types and in state-of-the-art technologies. This puts us in the unique position today of being able to support any customer's aircraft fleet immediately – without any investment backlog."

In order to be able to fully exploit these strengths in the future, Lufthansa Technik is aiming to increase its workforce worldwide by more than 1,500 this year, bringing it back up to about 22,000 employees. Of these, approximately 700 full-time positions will be in Germany, approximately 600 in the Americas region and approximately 200 in the Asia-Pacific region. The company is primarily looking for skilled workers in the areas of components, engines and logistics, as well as experts in administrative areas such as sales and IT.

A corresponding recruiting campaign started in March. In addition to its classic strengths such as internationality and diversity and the broad range of entry-level opportunities for a wide variety of target groups, Lufthansa Technik wants to focus on actively shaping the future of aviation, in which the company wants to play a major role with most modern digital technologies as well as innovative and sustainable products.

Photographer: Juergen Mai/Lufthansa Technik AG & Jan Brandes / Lufthansa Technik AG (photo of Dr. Johannes Bussmann).