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Jens Fehlinger Appointed CEO of Swiss International Air Lines

Our Bureau - : Jun 29, 2024 - : 12:13 am

Jens Fehlinger has been named the new CEO of Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), effective 1 October 2024. He will succeed Dieter Vranckx, who will join the Lufthansa Group Executive Board on 1 July 2024.

Fehlinger, 43, began his career with the Lufthansa Group in 2006, holding various management roles. His responsibilities included strategy and business development at Lufthansa Airlines and operational performance management for Lufthansa Group. During the Covid pandemic, he managed the Group’s crisis office and later led the ReNew restructuring project. Fehlinger recently served as Co-Managing Director of Lufthansa Cityline and as Managing Director of the newly established Lufthansa City Airlines.

Fehlinger holds a commercial pilot’s licence for the Airbus A320 and is an active pilot for Lufthansa Cityline. He has a graduate degree in Aviation Systems Engineering and Management from the University of Bremen and a master’s degree in Traffic and Transport from the Technical University of Darmstadt. Additionally, he earned an Executive MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid.

Fehlinger is married with two children.

Heike Birlenbach, Chief Commercial Officer of SWISS, will serve as the airline’s interim CEO until Jens Fehlinger assumes his new role.

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