Board changes at Lufthansa

German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that Stefan Lauer, Lufthansa’s board member for personnel, will be replaced by mid-year by two executives. Lauer, who has been a board member since 2000 and with Lufthansa since 1990, is responsible for overseeing human resources at Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS. As part of a wholesale restructuring effort, Lufthansa is cutting 3,500 jobs and is currently negotiating with unions relating to demands for a 5.2 percent wage increase. The Lufthansa supervisory board is expected to make a decision on the board changes at an extraordinary meeting to be held in early