Airline Tuifly considers moving some of its maintenance jobs to Romania

Airline company Tuifly, part of German group TUI, considers moving some of its 350 maintenance jobs to Romania, as part of its program to cut costs. TUI wants to cut costs of its airline Tuifly by EUR 65 million every year by reducing free services for passengers and staff costs, according to German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, quoted by local Mediafax. TUI wants to achieve savings of EUR 35 million from reducing labor costs and is currently under negotiations with the employees. “We are currently in talks that we intend to complete in the coming weeks,” said Tuifly chief Dieter Nirschl. However, Nirschl didn’t comment on details of planned cost cuts. Also, TUI intends to move some of its maintenance jobs to Romania. There are 350 technicians working in the company’s maintenance division, and many of them may expect to lose their jobs. The rest of the savings, of EUR 30 million, will be made by giving up some free services offered to passengers, such as newspapers, inflight entertainment and blankets. In exchange for costs cuts, the group plans to expand its fleet with six aircraft. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (photo source: tuifly.com)