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Jens Fehlinger (43) started his professional career
at the Lufthansa Group in 2006, where he held various management positions.
Among other things, he was in charge of strategy and business development at
Lufthansa Airlines and the operational performance management for Lufthansa
Group. During the Covid pandemic, he was responsible for the Group's crisis
management office and subsequently headed the ReNew restructuring project. In
recent years, Jens Fehlinger has been Co-Managing Director of Lufthansa Cityline
and at the same time established as managing Director the new airline Lufthansa
City Airlines.
Jens Fehlinger holds a commercial pilot's license
for the Airbus A320 and is currently an active pilot for Lufthansa Cityline.
Fehlinger holds a graduate degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Aviation Systems
Engineering and Management from the University of Bremen, Germany, and a
master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Traffic and Transport from the Technical University
of Darmstadt, Germany. He also received an Executive MBA from the IE Business
School in Madrid, Spain.
Jens Fehlinger is married and father of two
children.
Heike Birlenbach, Chief Commercial Officer SWISS,
will act as interim CEO until Jens Fehlinger takes over.
Image
Credit: © Lufthansa Group
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