10 December 2020
Jens Ritter will join the management of Eurowings as chief operating officer on April 1st.
He is currently chief operating officer and part of the extended management board at Austrian Airlines.
Ritter will succeed Michael Knitter, who will leave the German airline at the end of March.
Together with Jens Bischof, chief executive, and Frank Bauer, head of finance, Ritter will form a three-member Eurowings management board.
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“We are deeply indebted to Michael Knitter,” said Christina Foerster, chairwoman of the Eurowings supervisory board.
“For more than five years Michael Knitter has been standing for flying excellence, continuity and consistency in times of great change at Eurowings.