Swiss chief Thomas Klühr takes off his hat

Thomas Klühr resigns from his senior position in Switzerland. The end of 2020 is over. The successor will be decided in the fourth quarter.

Swiss boss Thomas Klühr (born 1962) will transfer the airline’s leadership at the end of the year. He leaves the company after about five years with Swiss and more than 30 years with the Lufthansa Group, to which Swiss belongs. A decision on his successor should be made before the end of the year.

Klühr had asked the board of directors to release him from his post at the end of 2020, Swiss announced on Tuesday. The Board of Directors accepted this request with the greatest regret, but respected your private motives and would like to thank you now for your great service to the company. The board of directors wants to decide on his successor in the fourth quarter.

After his resignation, Klühr will take a seat in the newly created Swiss Aviation Foundation. This monitors compliance with the location agreement between the federal government and the Lufthansa Group regarding the development of the center in Zurich. This was a prerequisite for the federal government to support Switzerland in the crown crisis with a loan guarantee.

Confident through the crown crisis

Switzerland has been hit hard by the crown crisis. During the lockdown, only a few flights were possible and to this day, due to various travel restrictions, it is difficult to increase flight operations. The airline loses around a million francs a day.

According to the announcement, the crisis in the crown was not the reason for Klühr’s resignation. He had postponed his resignation, which had already been planned for the first quarter of this year, after the crisis began to emerge and confidently maneuvered Switzerland through this difficult time, he said.

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