Tilman Reinshagen, currently Vice President Ground Operations Hub Airlines Frankfurt, has been chosen by the Lufthansa Group Executive Board as the new Brussels Airlines COO. He will join Brussels Airlines as of July 1, to head the operational departments of the Belgian airline (Flight Operations, Maintenance & Engineering, Ground Operations). Reinshagen’s appointment is pending the approval of the SN Airholding Board of Directors.
Taking his first steps in aviation in 2003 as a passenger service agent and later as a management trainee, he has built up an extensive experience in aviation operations, working in different companies of the Lufthansa Group. After his role as Station Manager Frankfurt for SWISS, he moved to Lufthansa as Process and Quality Manager Spain & Portugal. In 2013, he started at LSG, the aviation catering company of the Lufthansa Group, as Managing Director LSG Düsseldorf, followed by his role as Director Operations Frankfurt International.
In 2017, Reinshagen left the Lufthansa Group to join the management team at Apple, before returning to the Lufthansa Group in 2019, leading the Ground Operations of the largest Lufthansa Group station Frankfurt in his current role today.
