BERLIN—Lufthansa put German workers on notice of compulsory lay-offs on Thursday, saying tumbling air travel and slow progress in union negotiations meant cuts were unavoidable after it lost 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) in a single quarter.
The German airline, which secured a 9 billion euro state bailout in June, flew just 4 percent of prior-year passengers between April and June as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and expects capacity to increase to only around 50 percent by the end of the year and two-thirds of last year’s level in 2021.
