Casini to Take Charge of Corporate Communications at Lufthansa Cargo
Jacqueline Casini, 44, will become Head of Corporate Communications at Lufthansa Cargo effective November 2016.
The trained economist is currently responsible for Corporate Communications at the Erwin Hymer Group.
At Lufthansa Cargo, Casini succeeds Michael Göntgens, who is leaving the company after more than six years on Sept. 30 to become Group Manager Corporate Communications at Adam Opel AG. Besides PR, internal communications and marketing communications, the environmental management of Europe’s leading cargo airline will also fall within the Corporate Communications remit in the future.
“I am very much looking forward to working with Jacqueline Casini”, said Peter Gerber, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo. “With her extensive experience, she is sure to further develop communication at Lufthansa Cargo.”
Jacqueline Casini has been responsible for internal and external communications at the Erwin Hymer Group, Europe’s largest motor home and caravan manufacturer, since 2014. Prior to that, she supported market launches of various international companies in Germany as a senior marketing and communications specialist. Between 2007 and 2011, Casini was Head of Marketing at Spanish DEKRA subsidiary AT4 wireless.
Lufthansa Cargo AG
Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading air freight carriers. In the 2015 business year, the airline transported around 1.6 million tonnes of freight and mail and sold 8.4 billion revenue tonne-kilometres. The company currently employs some 4,600 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves around 300 destinations in over 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Eurowings, as well as an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo business is routed through Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
