Lufthansa's Executive Board appoints new managers

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG made a number of decisions concerning new appointments to central positions in the company’s core business area, Lufthansa German Airlines. Effective from September 1st, 2015, Klaus Froese will succeed Kay Kratky and take on responsibility for Lufthansa’s home hub in Frankfurt and overall responsibility for Operations. Kay Kratky has already been appointed as the Chair of the Executive Board of Austrian Airlines effective from August 1st, 2015 and will therefore be moving to Lufthansa’s subsidiary in Vienna. Effective from November 1st, 2015, Thomas Winkelmann, who has been the Spokesman of the Executive Board of Germanwings GmbH since 2006, will also move to Lufthansa German Airlines. Winkelmann will not only manage Lufthansa’s southern hub in Munich, but will also be responsible for Finances and Controlling at Lufthansa German Airlines in the future. Thomas Klühr, who is currently responsible for this task, will take on a new Executive Board position within the Lufthansa Group. Further details on this change will be announced in September. A decision on the composition and structure of the Executive Board of Eurowings/Germanwings will also be made in autumn.