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.
