Lufthansa Beefs Up Decentralized European Air Traffic

Lufthansa is strengthening its competitiveness in decentralized European air traffic on routes which do not pass through the Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich hubs, while bundling responsibilities and resources.

The successful "Future European Operations" program is to be expanded through addition of major operational functions and integrated in a new organizational unit from October 1, 2005. Responsibility for the new unit will be assumed by Dr. Christoph Klingenberg, who has been in charge of the "Future European Operations" program since 2003.

Along similar lines to the hub management organizations established at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs last year, responsibility for strategic and infrastructure development as well as ground processes, procurement of airport services and business processes at the eleven other German stations will be invested in the new organizational unit.

This expanded unit will simultaneously overview operative and commercial management of regional airline partners in Lufthansa´s regional carrier network.