Airberlin has announced today that Thomas Winkelmann (57) will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of airberlin group.
UMnu Winkelmann uya kuthatha njenge-CEO ye-Air Berlin PLC ukusuka kwi-1 ngoFebruwari, i-2017, ethatha uxanduva olupheleleyo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yeqela. Uya kuphumelela uStefan Pichler, owagqiba ekubeni ashiye inkampani emva kokusebenza iminyaka emibini kwinguqu yeqhinga leqela.
UMnu. Pichler ufezekise oku ngokungena kwisivumelwano sokuqeshisa ngeenqwelo-moya kunye neQela leLufthansa kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-38 nangokuthengisa ishishini labakhenkethi elithatha ixesha elifutshane neliphakathi kwi-Etihad Aviation Group, ukuze kuyilwe iqela elitsha leenqwelomoya zokuzonwabisa zaseYurophu kwindibaniselwano I-TUI AG. I-airberlin entsha iya kugxila ekuphuhliseni uthungelwano lwayo olude oluphuma eBerlin naseDüsseldorf, kunye neenqwelomoya ze-75 ekuqaleni.
UThomas Winkelmann uya kuqhubeka nokuphunyezwa kwala manyathelo ukuqinisekisa ikamva elizinzileyo nelinengeniso ye-airberlin.
UMnu. Winkelmann uneminyaka engaphezu kwe-18 yamava kushishino lweenqwelomoya. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1998 kunye neLufthansa Group, ekuqaleni enoxanduva lombutho weentengiso eMzantsi Melika kunye neCaribbean kwaye emva koko wathatha umbutho weentengiso kunye nenkonzo njengoSekela Mongameli kuMntla noMzantsi Melika.
Ukusukela ngoSeptemba ka-2006 ukuya kutsho ngo-Okthobha ka-2015, wayeyi-CEO ye-Lufthansa ye-subsidiary ephantsi kwe-Germanwings. Emva kwesibhengezo sokudityaniswa kwe-Germanwings kwi-Eurowings, uMnu. Winkelmann wonyulwa njengeGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba seLufthansa Hub eMunich.
UGqr. Hans-Joachim Körber, uSihlalo weBhodi yabaLawuli be-airberlin, wathi: “Siyavuya kuba uThomas Winkelmann, njengenkokeli evunyiweyo, abe kunye nathi. Uthathwa njengoyena mntu unamava nohlonitshwayo kwishishini lezophapho lamazwe ngamazwe. UMnu. Winkelmann uya kuqinisa iqela lobunkokeli le-airberlin kwaye uya kuqhuba ishishini phambili.
“Ndiyambulela uMnu. Pichler ngeenzame zakhe ezingayekiyo zokuguqula inkampani. Ndiyaqonda ukuba ngoku angathanda ukubuyela ekhayeni lakhe, eOstreliya.”
UJames Hogan, uMongameli kunye neGosa eliLawulayo le-Etihad Aviation Group kunye noSekela-Sihlalo weBhodi yabaLawuli wongeze wathi: "UStefan uphumelele ekufumaneni isisombululo sobuchule kwi-airberlin kunye nokudala isicwangciso esibanzi sohlengahlengiso lwenqwelomoya. Ndimnqwenelela okuhle kodwa kwixesha elizayo.”
UMnu. Winkelmann wazalelwa eHagen. Ufunde iLinguistics kunye neMbali yaMandulo kwiDyunivesithi yasimahla yaseBerlin nakwiYunivesithi yaseMünster. Waqhubeka nezifundo zakhe kwiYunivesithi yasimahla yaseBerlin njengomfundi ophumelele isidanga kuLawulo lwezoShishino. Ngo-2004, uMnu Winkelmann wayigqiba ngempumelelo iNkqubo yoLawulo oluPhezulu kwiSikolo soShishino saseHarvard eBoston.
Ethetha ngokuqeshwa kwakhe esitsha, uMnu. Winkelmann uthe: “Ndivuyiswe ukujoyina iqela kwi-airberlin ngexesha elibaluleke kangaka kuhambo lwayo lokuba yinkampani entsha egxininise kakuhle kunye nekamva elizinzileyo.
“Ndichukumiseke kakhulu ngumdla obonakaliswe ngabasebenzi be-airberlin ukusukela oko kwabhengezwa uhlengahlengiso kunye nokuqondwa ukuba kukho imfuneko yotshintsho. Ndiyalamkela ithuba lokujoyina iqela elizinikeleyo kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba amava am aya kuba negalelo kwikamva elitsha eliyimpumelelo le-airberlin.
