Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht has replaced Karl-Heinz Köpfle as board member operations of Lufthansa Cargo.
Karl Ulrich Garnadt, currently in charge of Hub Management & Passenger Services on the Lufthansa German Airlines Board, is to succeed Carsten Spohr as Lufthansa Cargo chairman and CEO, effective from January 1, 2011.
Garnadt will hold the post for three years in accordance with group custom. Last September, Spohr was appointed by the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa AG to the Lufthansa Group’s Executive Board and as CEO of Lufthansa German Airlines, with effect from 1 January 2011.
Karl- Heinz Köpfle is stepping down into retirement after 42 years of service at the Lufthansa Group on 1 April 2011.