Eurowings appoints former LAT head Matthias Spohr as Chief Operating Officer

Matthias Spohr has assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer at Eurowings, succeeding Edi Wolfensberger, who moves to lead Edelweiss as Chief Executive Officer. Spohr joins the three-member executive board alongside Chief Executive Officer Max Kownatzki and Chief Financial Officer Kai Duve.

In his new post, Spohr oversees Crew Operations, Flight Operations, Ground Operations & IOCC, Safety, Security & Compliance Monitoring, Crew Training, as well as Technical Fleet Management and Eurowings Technik. He previously held operational duties at Eurowings Deutschland between 2015 and 2021 as Nominated Person Flight Operations.

Spohr began his aviation career in 1990 at the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen, completing an economics degree at Ruhr-Universität Bochum before joining Lufthansa in 1995 on Airbus A320 and A340 aircraft. In 2005, he gained his captaincy on the A320 with Condor Berlin, and later served as A320 Fleet Chief at Germanwings starting in 2013.

Since 2021, Spohr led Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH, directing the restructuring and relaunch of the European Flight Academy. His tenure included reshaping pilot training structures and expanding dedicated business divisions across the Lufthansa Group.