Lufthansa Cargo has today announced the appointment of Marcus Niedermeyer as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of AeroLogic, a joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo.
On Thursday (January 16, 2025), Lufthansa Cargo announced the appointment of Marcus Niedermeyer as AeroLogic’s Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. He will serve as AeroLogic’s second Managing Director, along with Josef Moser. AeroLogic is a joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo. In his new dual role, Mr. Niedermeyer will be responsible for Finance, Human Resources, IT and Administration. As CFO, He succeeds Katharina Prost, who held the position on an interim basis from October 2022 through July 2024. As previously mentioned, as Co-Managing Director, he will work alongside Josef Moser, who joined AeroLogic in 2008, and has served as Managing Director and Accountable Manager since 2017.
In Thursday’s announcement, Lufthansa Cargo’s Chief Financial Officer, Frank Bauer, said,
“We are delighted to welcome Marcus Niedermeyer as an experienced manager to AeroLogic. His extensive expertise and commitment will undoubtedly help to drive the company forward and strengthen AeroLogic's position in the market. As we look back on nearly 18 years of our joint venture, we are extremely proud of our shared accomplishments: safe, reliable and highly efficient flight operations and steady fleet growth for both partners. In the future, we will continue to build on the good cooperation in the joint venture and an excellent offer for our customers.”
Also commenting on the appointment, DHL Express’ EVP – Global Network Operations and Aviation, Travis Cobb, added,
"Aerologic is of great strategic importance to DHL Express. With Marcus Niedermeyer, we welcome back an experienced and accomplished expert to the ranks of Aerologic. We congratulate Marcus Niedermeyer on his new role and wish him the greatest possible success.”
Mr. Niedermeyer joins AeroLogic with over 29 years of professional experience, both within and outside the Lufthansa Group. Most recently, he served as Managing Director of Air Mail Center Frankfurt GmbH from 2018 to June 2024. Previously, he held various management positions at Lufthansa Cargo.
Established in 2007, and commencing operations in summer 2009, Leipzig-based AeroLogic is a joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo. Currently, Lufthansa Cargo markets the capacity of 18 Boeing 777F Freighters, six of which are chartered by AeroLogic, and are also operated by AeroLogic crews under a Lufthansa Cargo codeshare flights number. Additionally, the AeroLogic fleet currently includes a further 16 Boeing 777Fs, which are operated on behalf of DHL.
Source: Lufthansa Cargo