Dieter Vranckx, who joined Brussels Airlines in May 2018 as CFO and Deputy CEO, and who has been acting as CEO of Brussels Airlines since January 2020, will move within the Lufthansa Group to head the Zurich-based Lufthansa Group network airline SWISS, as of January 1, 2021.
Peter Gerber will succeed Vranckx as CEO of Brussels Airlines. Subject to the pending resolution of the Board of Directors of SN Airholding, Gerber, who is currently Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, will move to Belgium as of March 1, 2021. Next to heading the Belgian airline, he will also assume the newly created function of Lufthansa Group Chief Representative for European Affairs in Brussels.
