Lufthansa Group has announced that Stefan Kreuzpaintner is to take over network, alliance and partner management for all its carriers including Lufthansa Airlines, where Heiko Reitz is to take up the chief commercial officer role on March 1.
Reitz in recent years "further developed the Lufthansa Group joint ventures and expanded important partnerships like with Deutsche Bahn", the group said, adding he "made a major contribution to stabilising the company" during the "corona pandemic."
Kreuzpaintner, a member of the group's board, has in the past "played a key role in further developing and strengthening core brand commercial structures and pushing ahead with the strategic premium positioning" and played a key role in building the group's partnership with Munich Airport.
"I would like to thank Heiko Reitz for his professional and loyal cooperation in very difficult times. And I am looking forward to working again with Stefan Kreuzpaintner, who will use his know-how, creativity and ambition to further develop partner and network management for the entire Group," said Harry Hohmeister, another board member.