FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kuehne, the biggest shareholder in Lufthansa, is planning to buy additional shares in the airline, he said on Tuesday.
"Our interest in Deutsche Lufthansa AG remains high," Kuehne said in a statement, adding he was aiming to "acquire further Lufthansa shares when there is an opportunity.
Kuehne owns 15.01% of Lufthansa, which earlier on Tuesday reached a deal with pilots' union VC in a wage dispute and averted a strike planned later this week.
(Reporting by Christoph Steitz, editing by Thomas Escritt)
Klaus-Michael Kuehne is a German businessperson who founded Melmed Holding AG and IPMD GmbH and who has been at the helm of 6 different companies. Presently, Mr. Kuehne occupies the position of Chairman at Klaus-Michael Kuehne Foundation, Chairman at Kühne Logistics University GmbH, Managing Director at Melmed Holding AG and Managing Director & Director at IPMD GmbH. He is also on the board of Kühne + Nagel International AG (former Chairman), Altrazeal AG and Oradisc GmbH and Chairman of Kühne-Stiftung. In the past Mr. Kuehne was Chief Operating Officer at Meldex International Plc and Joint Managing Director at BioProgress Plc (a subsidiary of Meldex International Plc) and Senior Consultant at TSM Corp. Mr. Kuehne received an undergraduate degree from Bucerius Law School.
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