
As part of a broader restructuring of the overall management of its flight operations, SWISS has appointed Oliver Buchhofer to the newly-designed place of Head of Operations. In his new ability, which he will suppose on 1 April, Buchhofer will also provide as SWISSs Accountable Supervisor, a operate that is currently executed by COO Thomas Frick. The latter will step down as COO as prepared at the stop of March. The functionality of COO will, as in earlier years, be on top of that assumed by the CEO. This will minimize the SWISS Administration Board from four to three associates.


Swiss International Air Traces (SWISS) is restructuring the prime administration of its flight functions. This entails the creation of the new place of Head of Functions, whose holder will be responsible for making sure harmless and sleek overall functions, such as strategic preparing, coordination and corporation in these areas as cockpit crew, schooling, technical companies and ground dealing with. The new posture of Head of Functions will be assumed by Oliver Buchhofer, presently SWISSs Head of Flight Functions, with influence from 1 April.


In his new Head of Operations potential Oliver Buchhofer will also serve as SWISSs Accountable Manager, bearing in general duty for ensuring safe and sound functions in compliance with the provisions of the companys formal air operators certificate. This function is at present done by Main Operating Officer (COO) Thomas Frick. Frick will be stepping down from his COO purpose as prepared at the conclusion of March, but will keep on being lively with SWISS on a undertaking basis. As in earlier a long time, the operate of COO will be also assumed by the CEO. This will lower the SWISS Administration Board from four to 3 users.


Oliver Buchhofer to develop into the freshly-developed Head of Operations


Oliver Buchhofer (44) is a captain and an instructor on the SWISS Airbus A320 loved ones fleet, and will report instantly to CEO Dieter Vranckx in his new Head of Functions ability. In addition to his flying responsibilities, he has been SWISSs Head of Flight Functions because 2016. In this place he is in total cost of the companys corps of some 1,400 pilots and also bears strategic obligation for its flight operations. He even further heads the SWISS Unexpected emergency Committee and is responsible inter alia for the implementation of flight functions criteria and polices all through all the airways of the Lufthansa Team. Oliver Buchhofer beforehand held various administration functions in SWISSs pilot education from 2009 onwards. He also served with Austrian Airlines and Tyrolean Airways prior to signing up for SWISS in 2007.


I am delighted that, in Oliver Buchhofer, we have recruited this sort of an expert aviation expert from in our possess ranks to be our new Head of Functions, suggests SWISS CEO Dieter Vranckx. Oliver has already proved in his present capacity that he is excellently equipped to make certain our safe and sound, dependable and successful flight functions, even in todays unparalleled crisis occasions. And I want him each and every results and gratification in his new potential.


Oliver Buchhofer lives in Meilen, in close proximity to Zurich. He is married and is the father of a daughter. He holds a masters (lic. oec.) degree in business administration from the College of Zurich.


COO Thomas Frick to step down as prepared


Thomas Frick (61), who has been SWISSs Main Running Officer (COO) considering that 2020, will stage down from his article as prepared at the close of March to commit himself to long run strategic tasks inside the organization. Prior to his COO duties, Thomas Frick was appointed Accountable Manager in 2016, and experienced served as Head of Flight Functions since 2011. Just before this he experienced accompanied his many years of flying obligations as a Swissair and a SWISS pilot with different teaching and administration positions, together with serving as fleet chief for the Boeing MD-11 and later the Airbus A330/A340 fleets. He commenced his job with Swissair in 1982. Vital modern career achievements include the strategic introduction of the two most recent types in the SWISS aircraft fleet, the Boeing 777-300ER and the Airbus A220, assuming total responsibility for all crew education throughout the Lufthansa Group and overseeing the operational and the cultural amalgamation of the Swiss International Air Traces and Swiss International Air Traces flight functions platforms.


We would like to offer you Thomas Frick our honest many thanks for his a lot of several years of superb assistance and determination to our enterprise, suggests SWISS CEO Dieter Vranckx. Throughout that time he has ably verified all his competencies and skills not only as a member of our cockpit crew corps, but also in the various management positions he has held, most recently on our Administration Board in these very hard times.
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