Konstantinos Tzevelekos
has been appointed by the Lufthansa Group as its General Manager in Greece
& Cyprus. Effective on January 29th,
2016 he will head the company’s Athens office and be responsible for all
aspects of sales, marketing and representation of Lufthansa in both countries.
Known as “Kostas”, Tzevelekos
has worked at Lufthansa since 1992, rising through the ranks of the
Athens-based branch. During his 24 year
tenure he held numerous managerial positions, garnering many skills in almost
every department, including: ground handling, operations, cargo, and
customer service. Since 2010 he is the Regional Sales Manager for Lufthansa,
Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS leading a team of account
managers in both Greece & Cyprus.
Tzevelekos succeeds Harro
Julius Petersen, who is retiring from Lufthansa at the end of January and
returning to his home town of Hamburg in Germany. For almost four years
Petersen represented the Lufthansa Group, successfully in the Greek and Cypriot
markets, increasing the airline group’s market share as well as forging strong
ties with the travel industry and business community even during periods of
crisis.
Petersen joined Lufthansa
in 2000 and spent more than 15 years within the Lufthansa Group, representing
the company key European markets in Northern Germany, Scandinavia, Finland the
Baltics and finally Greece & Cyprus, where he spent the last four years.
“We thank Harro Julius Petersen
for his invaluable contribution to making Lufthansa one of the most popular
airlines in Greece and Cyprus bolstering Lufthansa’s reputation and position,
even during the difficult times,” said Tamur Goudarzi – Pour Lufthansa Vice
President for Sales & Services in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast
Europe.
“The Greek & Cypriot
Markets are very lucky to have one of our best local talents as Lufthansa’s new
General Manager. I would like to wish Konstantinos Tzevelekos all the success
in his new position,” added Goudarzi-Pour.
The Lufthansa Group
operates 29 flights per week from Athens to Frankfurt, Munich and 9 by Austrian
Airlines from Athens and Thessaloniki to Vienna as well as 31 flights to Zurich
and 6 to Geneva by Swiss. From Larnaca, Lufthansa is operating 4 flights per
week to Munich and 7 flights per week to Vienna by Austrian.