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In its meeting in Frankfurt today, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Thorsten Dirks to the Executive Board of the Lufthansa Group. Thorsten Dirks will be taking over the responsibility for the Eurowings Group and the Aviation Services segment on 1 May 2017. He will be succeeding Karl Ulrich Garnadt, who will be retiring from the Executive Board when his contract ends on 30 April 2017. The management contract with Thorsten Dirks has a term of three years. The new Board member will take office in Cologne, the Eurowings Groups headquarters.
The experienced digital expert will be tasked with developing the airline network of Eurowings Group with new impulses in a phase of strong growth. In addition to ensuring operational stability as Eurowings continues to grow, the associated integration and migration processes of Eurowings airline platforms are of...