Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Germany-based Lufthansa said the airline will eliminate thousands of jobs in the next five years as it turns to artificial intelligence in a bid for higher profit.
Lufthansa Group said it will cut some 4,000 jobs globally by 2030 in largely administrative roles based in Germany as part of a wider company restructuring as the airline seeks greater use of AI to pick up human slack in a "digitalization, automation and process consolidation" process.
The company said it was reviewing corporate activities that will "no longer be necessary in the future," citing "duplication of work" as an example.
"In particular, the profound changes brought about by digitalization and the increased use of artificial intelligence will lead to greater efficiency in many areas and processes," the company stated during its Capital Markets Day in Munich.
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