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Thomas Winkelmann

Thomas Winkelmann (born 20 December 1959) is a German businessman and was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the former German airline Air Berlin until it ceased operations in October 2017.

Early life edit

He was born in Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). He studied Linguistics and Classics at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) and the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität). In 2004 he completed the AMP at Harvard Business School.

Career edit

He joined Lufthansa in 1998. He was the head of the company for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Miami. He became Vice-President of Lufthansa for North and South America, based in New York in September 2000.

Germanwings edit

He became Chief Executive (Geschäftsführer) of Germanwings in September 2006, when it was owned by Eurowings, which was then headquartered in Dortmund. Germanwings was effectively bought by Lufthansa at the end of 2009.

He is also on the Board of Directors of JetBlue, an American low-cost airline.

Air Berlin edit

On 18 December 2016, it was announced that Winkelmann succeeded Stefan Pichler as CEO of Air Berlin in February 2017.[1]

In October 2017, Air Berlin confirms that it will cease all of its own operations by 27 October 2017. The last flight of Air Berlin was operated by Airbus A320 D-ABNW in the same day. It departed from Munich at 21:36 and landed at Berlin Tegel at 22:45 at night.

Personal life edit

He lives in Berlin, with his wife and children. He watches Borussia Dortmund.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "airberlin Board ernennt neuen CEO" (in German). 18 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ Ruhr Nachrichten

External links edit

  • Biography
  • Aviation conference
Business positions
Preceded by Chief executive officer of Air Berlin
February 2017 – October 2017
Succeeded by
Office abolished

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