Jens Fehlinger to become CEO of Swiss International Air Lines
Jens Fehlinger will become CEO of SWISS from October 1
Jens Fehlinger has been named as the new CEO of Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). He will assume the role on October 1, succeeding Dieter Vranckx who will become a member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board as of July 1.
Fehlinger started his professional career at the Lufthansa Group in 2006, where he held various management positions. He was in charge of strategy and business development at Lufthansa Airlines and the operational performance management for Lufthansa Group, among other responsibilities.
During the pandemic, he was responsible for the Group's crisis management office and subsequently headed the ReNew restructuring project. In recent years, Fehlinger has been Co-Managing Director of Lufthansa Cityline and was established as the managing Director of the new airline Lufthansa City Airlines.
Fehlinger holds a commercial pilot's license for the A320 and is currently an active pilot for Lufthansa Cityline. Fehlinger holds a graduate degree in Aviation Systems Engineering and Management from the University of Bremen, Germany, and a master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Traffic and Transport from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. He also received an Executive MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.
Heike Birlenbach, Chief Commercial Officer SWISS, will act as interim CEO until Fehlinger assumes the role later this year.
