Airberlin has announced today that Thomas Winkelmann (57) will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of airberlin group.
E lilo ʻo Mr. Winkelmann i Luna Nui o Air Berlin PLC mai ka lā 1 Pepeluali, 2017, me ka manaʻo ʻana i ke kuleana piha no nā hana āpau. E lanakila ʻo ia iā Stefan Pichler, nāna i hoʻoholo e haʻalele i ka ʻoihana ma hope o ka hana ʻana no ʻelua mau makahiki ma ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka hui.
Ua hoʻokō ʻo Mr. Pichler i kēia ma ke komo ʻana i kahi ʻaelike hoʻolimalima wai me ka Lufthansa Group no nā mokulele 38 a ma o ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi pōkole a me ka haul haul iā Etihad Aviation Group, i mea e hoʻokumu ai i kahi hui mokulele leʻaleʻa ʻEulopa ma kahi hui pū me. TUI AG. E kālele ana ka airberlin hou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāna pūnaewele haul lōʻihi ma waho o Berlin a me Düsseldorf, me 75 mau mokulele.
E hoʻomau ʻo Thomas Winkelmann i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau hana e hōʻoia ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana a maikaʻi hoʻi no ka airberlin.
ʻO Mr. Winkelmann he 18 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka ʻoihana mokulele. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma 1998 me Lufthansa Group, i kuleana mua no ka hui kūʻai aku ma ʻAmelika Hema a me ka Caribbean a ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka hui kūʻai a me ka lawelawe ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena no ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAmelika Hema.
Mai Kepakemapa 2006 a hiki i ʻOkakopa 2015, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Lufthansa haʻahaʻa kumu kūʻai ʻo Germanwings. Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻohui ʻana o Germanwings i Eurowings, ua koho ʻia ʻo Mr. Winkelmann i Luna Nui o ka Lufthansa Hub ma Munich.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Hans-Joachim Körber, ka luna o ka Papa Hoʻokele no ka airberlin: “Ua hauʻoli mākou no Thomas Winkelmann, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i hōʻoia ʻia, e hui pū me mākou. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea i ʻike nui ʻia a mahalo nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana mokulele honua. E hoʻoikaika ʻo Mr. Winkelmann i ka hui alakaʻi o ka airberlin a e alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana i mua.
"Mahalo au iā Mr. Pichler no kāna mau hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e hoʻohuli i ka hui. Ua maopopo iaʻu ua makemake ʻo ia e hoʻi i kona home, Australia.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo James Hogan, Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Etihad Aviation Group a me Hope-Chairman o ka Papa Hoʻokele: "Ua kūleʻa ʻo Stefan i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hopena hoʻolālā no ka airberlin a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻoponopono hou no ka mokulele. Makemake au iā ia i ka maikaʻi loa no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua hanauia o Mr. Winkelmann ma Hagen. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka Linguistics a me Ancient History ma ke Kulanui Free Berlin a ma ke Kulanui ʻo Münster. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke Kulanui Free Berlin ma ke ʻano he puka puka ma ka ʻoihana ʻoihana. Ma 2004, ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻo Mr Winkelmann i ka Polokalamu Hoʻokele Kiʻekiʻe ma Harvard Business School ma Boston.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kāna koho hou ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Winkelmann: "Ua hauʻoli wau e hui pū me ka hui ma airberlin i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi i kāna huakaʻi e lilo i hui hou me ka manaʻo maopopo a me ka wā e hiki mai ana.
"Ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka hoihoi i hōʻike ʻia e nā limahana o airberlin mai ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana he pono ke hoʻololi. Aloha au i ka manawa e hui pū ai me kahi hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻia a ke hilinaʻi nei au e kōkua kaʻu ʻike i kahi holomua hou no ka airberlin.
