Belgian-born Patrick Artiel has been general manager of the Lufthansa Group (which includes Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss and bmi) in the Netherlands since 2010, and general manager of Lufthansa and Swiss in the Netherlands from January 2007 until July 2010.
Lufthansa officials did not provide additional information on the new general manager, but will soon hold a press conference in which they will announce the appointment of the new manager, as well as the number of passengers transported last year and the company’s plans in Romania.
The management change comes at a time when Lufthansa has announced expansion on the local market. The airline will announce four weekly flights on the Bucharest-Berlin route this year and 14 flights on the Sibiu-Munich route, double as many as last year.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)