• New General Manager for Lufthansa Group in East Africa now positioned
• in Nairobi
• Lufthansa increasing flight schedule to Nairobi to daily
• Important strategic region for the Lufthansa Group

The Lufthansa Group is re-affirming its commitment to East Africa by relocating the commercial responsibility for the passenger business back to Kenya. With this step, effective 01 March 2023, Lufthansa Group appointed Kevin Markette as the new General Manager for the East African region. This encompasses Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. With his position and team permanently based in Nairobi, Kenya, he will be able to better focus on the needs of our local customers and through a physical presence in the region be closer to the market. Kevin Markette succeeds Dr. André Schulz, who has been appointed Head of Region Middle East, Africa, South Asia & CIS at Lufthansa Cargo. In his new function Kevin reports to Philippe Saeys-Desmedt, Senior Director of Sales Sub-Sahara Africa, Lufthansa Group.

Source: Lufthansa Group Sales team