27 November 2020: Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Claus Bauer as the new head of SWISS technical division, effective 1st February 2021. He comes with a strong experience of 20 years at Lufthansa Technik, as Head of Product Division Engine, with responsibility for an international production network of the Lufthansa Group subsidiary. He will assume his new duties as Head of Technical Fleet Management and Process Owner Engineering, in overall charge of some 1,000 personnel. Peter Wojahn, SWISS’s present Head of Technical Fleet Management, will take scheduled retirement at the end of January 2021 after almost 40 years in the airline industry, the last 13 of them as Head of SWISS’s Technical Fleet Management.
“We are delighted that, in Claus Bauer, we have secured the services of such an experienced technical specialist for this demanding position,” says SWISS CEO Thomas Klühr. “Claus Bauer has all the requisite expertise to enable the technical division of SWISS to act and react swiftly and flexibly, especially in such crisis times.”
Claus Bauer has driven the global growth of Lufthansa Technik’s engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities over the past few years, including the establishment of major new operating locations under joint-venture partnerships. He has also been a keen proponent of digital innovations such as numerical fleet life-cycle optimization.
A native of Frankfurt, Claus Bauer holds a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Darmstadt, Germany.
“In his time with us at SWISS, Peter Wojahn has further developed and expanded our technical division with great entrepreneurial drive and conviction, and has helped make SWISS an industry wide exemplar of an airline with its own integrated technical services operation,” Thomas Klühr continues. “On behalf of our entire Management Board, I offer him my sincere thanks for his many years of exceptional work and commitment, and I wish him all the very best for his well-earned retirement.”
Peter Wojahn is widely regarded as one of the airline sectors ’s most experienced MRO specialists. Under his tenure, the technical division of SWISS has been remodelled and restructured to enable it to autonomously deliver all the technical services required for the daily operation of the SWISS aircraft fleet, independently of external providers
