Thomas Kuhn is new President and CEO of BizJet International
Thomas Kuhn (51) has become President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lufthansa Technik's US-subsidiary BizJet International Sales and Support, Inc. in Tulsa / Oklahoma. He succeeds Manfred Gaertner, who has been leading BizJet International since 2013. Before, Thomas Kuhn was Director Engineering Services in Lufthansa Technik's VIP & Executive Jet Maintenance business unit in Hamburg / Germany.
Thomas Kuhn studied aeronautics and completed his education with a diploma. In 1989 he entered Lufthansa Technik as an aircraft engineer. In the following years he held different management functions, mainly in the maintenance business unit of Lufthansa Technik. In 2008, Thomas Kuhn became Sub-Division Manager Overhaul at Ameco Beijing, the Lufthansa Joint Venture with Air China. In 2011 he took over his current function as Director Engineering Services in Lufthansa Technik's VIP & Executive Jet Maintenance Business Unit in Hamburg / Germany.
Manfred Gaertner will leave Lufthansa Technik end of July and will continue his career outside the Lufthansa Group.
About BizJet:
Established in 1986, BizJet is a U.S. based facility offering a broad spectrum of services, including VIP interior completions, conversions and refurbishments, maintenance and repair, (MRO), authorized Rolls-Royce engine overhaul, and world class FBO services. BizJet has been a member of the Lufthansa Technik Group since 2000.
Lufthansa Technik:
The Lufthansa Technik Group, with more than 30 subsidiaries and about 26,000 employees worldwide, is one of the leading of services for the aviation industry. Lufthansa Technik is licensed internationally as a repair, production and development enterprise. The Group's portfolio encompasses the entire spectrum of services in the areas of maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and conversion, engines
and components.
