Mr Lufthansa: Airline mourns loss of former boss Jürgen Weber
Former Lufthansa chief Jürgen Weber passed away Monday at the age of 83, the German aviation group said on Tuesday.
Weber first started working for Lufthansa in 1967 as an engineer, before ascending the ranks and leading the company from 1991 to 2003.
After his stint as chairman, he led the supervisory board until 2013.
He has been credited with restructuring the former state-owned company and also founded the global Star Alliance network.
"Lufthansa as we know it today would be unthinkable without Jürgen Weber," said chairman of the supervisory board Karl-Ludwig Kley in a statement.
"During his years as Chairman of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board, he shaped and molded the company. He understood the unifying power of air travel."
"Jürgen Weber was called Mr Lufthansa – and rightly so," said chariman of the executive board Carsten Spohr.
"He dedicated his entire professional life to our company and shaped it. Like no other, Jürgen Weber embodied the renewal of Lufthansa during its restructuring and privatization in the 1990s. Crucial decisions and developments at Deutsche Lufthansa AG are – and will remain – inextricably linked to his name."
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