Also airports in focus: Scheuer worries about the aviation industry

The corona pandemic is cutting wide aisles in the aviation industry. A quick recovery is not in sight. Federal Transport Minister Scheuer is therefore holding out the prospect of further aid – but not only for the airlines.

Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has promised further support to the ailing aviation industry. The CSU politician assumes a global redistribution of the aviation industry. "We will no longer have the full range of mobility in the air for a certain period of time. Some are happy about it, I am not," he said. "And we will have to continue to help."

Scheuer referred to the billion dollar government aid package for Lufthansa. But of course the airports must also be considered. "We are currently preparing a concept for the regional airports and are addressing the large commercial airports. If we lose important infrastructure at this point, we can no longer reactivate it," said Scheuer. The goal is to get structure. "Everything that closes, that is no longer connected, will not open again."

Aviation is one of the industries that are hardest hit by the Corona crisis. Bookings have fallen sharply. A quick recovery is not in sight. This increases the pressure to save. Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr recently made it clear that the previously planned cuts in the Group's fleet and workforce were not enough.

"If airlines like Lufthansa fly with only 30 percent, then they have much higher costs," said Scheuer. With regard to Airbus, the minister said that a European aircraft manufacturer was just as important in the overall aviation industry as air traffic control and baggage handling. If less is flown, this also has an impact on shops in the airport, including ground handlers. "That is an overall system in a crisis."

Scheuer announced an air traffic summit in the newspapers of the Funke media group. This will deal with the "consequences of the Corona crisis for the entire aviation industry".

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