Ua koho ka Lufthansa Group iā Heike Birlenbach (50) ma ke ʻano he Hope Peresidena Nui hou ʻo Sales Lufthansa Hub Airlines a me ka Luna Nui (CCO) Hub Frankfurt. E lanakila ʻo ia iā Jens Bischof, ka mea i koho ʻia i ke kūlana o ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka mokulele SunExpress, e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 Ianuali 2017. He hui hui ʻo SunExpress ma waena o Lufthansa a me Turkish Airlines.
E hoʻomaka ana ma Ianuali 1, 2017, e lawe ʻo Heike Birlenbach i ke kuleana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa no ke kūʻai ʻana i ka honua holoʻokoʻa no nā mokulele Hub Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines) a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo no nā hana kūʻai o Eurowings a me Brussels Airlines. Ma ka hana, e hōʻike pololei ʻo Heike Birlenbach iā Harry Hohmeister, ka lālā o ka Papa o Deutsche Lufthansa AG i kuleana no nā mokulele mokulele. E alakaʻi a kuleana ʻo ia i nā mea kālepa āpau o ka mokulele Lufthansa ma Frankfurt Airport ma ke ʻano he CCO Hub Frankfurt. Ma kēia kūlana, e hōʻike ʻo ia iā Klaus Froese, Luna Nui Lufthansa German Airlines Hub Frankfurt.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Harry Hohmeister: "He loea kūʻai ʻo Heike Birlenbach i hoʻonui maikaʻi i kā mākou kūʻai aku ma nā mākeke like ʻole o ʻEulopa. Ke hele nei i mua, ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻomohala hou a me ka hopena o ka hoʻohui kūʻai ʻana o nā mokulele Hub like ʻole. E hoʻololi hou ʻo Heike Birlenbach i ka ʻāina hoʻolaha i ka hui pū ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa kūʻai.
Ma ke ʻano he poʻo o ke kūʻai aku no ka Hub Airlines o ka Pūʻulu Lufthansa, e alakaʻi ʻo Heike Birlenbach i nā hana kūʻai B2B a puni ka honua, no ka laʻana me nā mea kūʻai aku hui, nā hui huakaʻi a me nā mea huakaʻi. E hoʻonui ʻo ia i nā hoʻonā pili pololei o nā hoa i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa inoa o ka Hub Airlines a hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kūʻai pololei. ʻO kahi pahuhopu hou aʻe o ka Lufthansa Group ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hui kūʻai kūʻai honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hui pū ʻo Heike Birlenbach iā Lufthansa i ka makahiki 1990 a hoʻomaka e hana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Frankfurt. ʻOiai ʻo ia e aʻo ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka hui kūʻai ma 1994 kahi i hana ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻokele moʻokāki kī honua. I ka makahiki 1999, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i Luna Nui ʻo Marketing a me Sales Support Europe, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Lākana. Ma hope mai, i ka makahiki 2002, ua mālama ʻo ia i ka hui o ka mokulele ma nā ʻāina Benelux, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Amsterdam.
Ua hoʻi ʻo Heike Birlenbach i ke keʻena nui o Lufthansa ma Frankfurt i ka makahiki 2006 ma ke ʻano he poʻo o ka mālama ʻana i nā huahana no nā kaʻa ʻāina a me ʻEulopa. I ka makahiki 2009, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ke poʻo o Lufthansa Italia, e noho ana ma Milan. E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2011, ʻo Heike Birlenbach ke poʻo o ka Cabin Management ma Munich, nona ke kuleana o 4,500 mau limahana hale a me kā lākou aʻo ʻana, a me ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe. Ma kona kūlana i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena Sales Europe no ka Lufthansa Group, ʻo ia ke kuleana no Sales and Marketing no nā mokulele i ka Lufthansa Group ma 42 mau ʻāina mai 2014 - me ka ʻokoʻa o nā mākeke home Kelemānia, Austria a me Switzerland.
Loaʻa iā Heike Birlenbach kahi Master of Management mai ke Kulanui ʻo McGill ma Montréal, Kanada.
