Lufthansa announces death of veteran Mayrhuber

Lufthansa Group has announced the death of its former CE, Wolfgang Mayrhuber. He had stepped down early from his position as supervisory board chairman last year, succeeded by Karl-Ludwig Kley. Lufthansa had not elaborated on Mayrhuber’s decision at the time but, in a statement, it says Mayrhuber passed away Dec 1 following a “serious illness”. Mayrhuber had a long association with the company, having begun his career in the engineering division in Hamburg more than 4 decades ago. He became the chairman of its Lufthansa Technik maintenance operation in 1994 before being promoted to the company’s executive board. Mayrhuber took over as Lufthansa CE in 2003 and oversaw the consolidation of the company with SWISS, Brussels Airlines, and Austrian Airlines. <br/>