{
  "id": 4988994,
  "title": "Aviation: Internal or external – who will run Lufthansa Technik in the future?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/luftfahrt-intern-oder-extern-wer-fuhrt-kunftig-lufthansa-technik",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-02T02:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/luftfahrt-intern-oder-extern-wer-fuehrt-kuenftig-lufthansa-technik/100249490.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Lufthansa Technik, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, is set to appoint Harald Gloy as its new CEO. Gloy, a 54-year-old engineer, has been with the company since 1999 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. He is expected to take over the top position at LHT in early 2024, succeeding Sören Stark who is retiring. Gloy's appointment was reportedly favored by Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr and Technikvorständin Grazia Vittadini, despite some discussions about an external candidate. LHT is a major player in the aviation maintenance industry, servicing one in five commercial aircraft worldwide.",
  "summary": "The maintenance subsidiary regularly saves the group's balance sheet. The CEO is retiring in January. One candidate has a good chance of being appointed successor on Friday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Lufthansa Technik is the world's largest independent maintenance service.",
    "Sören Stark retires as CEO after one year, in January 2020.",
    "Harald Gloy, internal candidate, will lead Lufthansa Technik's management board."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Harald Gloy's appointment as CEO of Lufthansa Technik solidifies the company's reliance on internal leadership, marking a likely continuation of the current course under a familiar, technically adept executive.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}