The carrier has faced increasingly stiff competition from low-cost carriers including easyJet (EZJ.L), Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) and Ryanair’s (RYA.I) Laudamotion on short-haul routes out of its base, Vienna.
The plan to reduce costs is due to be officially announced on Thursday, when Lufthansa publishes its third-quarter results.
Austrian Airlines declined to comment.
Austrian media reported the cost-cutting plan last week. Austrian Airlines now has just over 7,000 employees, roughly 1,200 more than after the last round of job cuts in 2012.
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