“Great Merit” – Sadness in the flight industry: “Mr. Lufthansa” (83) Dead

The research technician Jürgen Weber studied with his whole person, stood for a company that at the time sprayed considerably more glamor than in later days. Weber came to Lufthansa in 1967 as a young engineer and had managed the company as CEO from 1991 to 2003. He then switched to the top of the supervisory board until 2013. Weber was employed by the Crane Airline for a total of 46 years.

Architect of the “Star Alliance”
The Lufthansa company was Weber from the slow state activities, which had to be saved from bankruptcy in the 1990s to the highest sales of air traffic group in Europe. He is considered the architect of the Global Airline Alliance “Star Alliance” and remained skeptical for the acquisitions of other airlines for a long time. Nobody has formed the soul of the company as Weber, emphasized Karl-Ludwig Kley.

CEO: debts “thanks”
“Crucial course and developments in Deutsche Lufthansa AG are and remain inseparable,” says the current Lufthansa boss and then successor to Weber-Carsten Spohr, according to a message. “We have a great thanks for his great services at the Lufthansa group for his great services.”

No friend of the trade unions

Weber also left his successors a tense relationship with the representatives of Lufthansa employees, who had harder resistance to new savings programs. The married father of two children always advised his successors in the company not to give in to the pressure of the trade unions. “It is better to have the big bang come before the company makes the competition,” said Weber.