Thomas Kuhn has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BizJet International, the US subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik.

Kuhn, 51, succeeds Manfred Gaertner, who has been leading BizJet International since 2013 and will leave by the end of this month to continue his career outside of the Lufthansa Group.

Previously Director Engineering Services in Lufthansa Technik’s VIP & Executive Jet Maintenance business unit in Hamburg, Germany, Kuhn studied aeronautics and completed his education with a diploma. 

In 1989 he entered Lufthansa Technik as an aircraft engineer. In the following years he held different management functions, mainly in the maintenance business unit of Lufthansa Technik. 

In 2008, Kuhn became Sub-Division Manager Overhaul at Ameco Beijing, the Lufthansa joint venture with Air China, before taking up his last position in 2011. 

Established in 1986 and based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, BizJet International offers a broad spectrum of services, including VIP interior completions, conversions and refurbishments, maintenance and repair, (MRO), authorised  Rolls-Royce engine overhaul, and world-class FBO (fixed base operator) services. BizJet has been a member of the Lufthansa Technik Group since 2000. 

With more than 30 subsidiaries and about 26,000 employees worldwide, the Lufthansa Technik Group is one of the leading of services for the aviation industry. Lufthansa Technik is licensed internationally as a repair, production and development enterprise. The Group's portfolio encompasses the entire spectrum of services in the areas of  maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and conversion, engines and components.