(Telestock) – Jens Fehlinger will be the new CEO of Swiss starting from next October 1sttaking over from Dieter Vranckx, who began his duties on the Executive Committee of the Lufthansa Group.
To manage the three months of transition as interim CEOs Heike Birlenbach, chief commercial officer of Swiss, has been appointed.
Fehlinger, 43, is an airline pilot who has held a number of roles within the Lufthansa Group, heading the crisis management office during the pandemic. In recent years, Jens Fehlinger served as co-chief executive officer of Lufthansa CityLine and oversaw the creation of the new company Lufthansa City Airlines as CEO.