Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Lufthansa names Christoph Franz new CEO
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG has named deputy chairman Christoph Franz as its new CEO. Franz, who managed the restructuring of Swiss Air, will succeed Wolfgang Mayrhuber. Mayrhuber, 63, will retire after more than 40 years at Lufthansa and seven years at the helm.
Lifthansa said Franz's task would be maintaining carrier's position as Europe's leading airline by passenger volume.
"The appointment will be effective from January 1, 2011, for a term until May 31, 2014, in accordance with German stock corporation law," Lufthansa said in a statement released Wednesday.
Lufthansa also placed orders for 48 new aircraft to meet growing demand. Orders, worth EUR3.5 billion, include 40 planes from Airbus and eight from Brazil's Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, known as Embraer. The planes will be used within the Lufthansa fleet, as well as by the airline's Germanwings and Swiss Air subsidiaries.
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I agree with Mr.Scott Lazarus, I ahve witten to their customer service on 19 Jan 2010, also written to Dr. Christopher Franz on 8th Feb, but he has not bother to acknowledge or reply.
Lufthansa does not care for their customers.
I would never fly withthem
I have a 15 year old daughter in Madrid without luggage now for 4 days. I've spent hours on the phone for the last 4 days trying to get any information what so ever on what is going on with her bag. I cant ever remember dealing with a company that is do hard to communicate with. I wish Christoph Franz could experience what it's like to work with his own company. What ever happened to taking care of your customers.THANKS FOR NOTHING LUFTHANSA!
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