Three sets of needs must be met
He described Lufthansa's goals as to balance the needs of customers, employees and shareholders in order "to be the benchmark again". All three constituencies had to be served, Mr Spohr said. To favour one at the expense of the other two would be "only a short term gain".
Matching the three sets of stakeholders, there were also three limiting factors, namely fleet age, market position (and the growth needed to maintain this) and financial stability. These three factors needed to be optimised, but also balanced with each other.