 Soon after its inception, the blue LTS logo and paintjob were changed to a white top/red bottom paintjob with LTU Süd logo in order to more closely match that of its parent company.LTU Süd was opened in order to operate much more cost efficient flights out of Munich with lower wage employees newly hired off the street.LTU mainline crews worked under very expensive labor contracts that could not be restructured unilaterally by the company.