Emirates, the largest international airline, plans to appoint former Lufthansa manager Thierry Antinori as the new sales chief, succeeding Richard Vaughan, who is retiring, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported without citing the source of the information.

Antinori, who was due to take over Lufthansa unit Austrian Airlines before leaving the German airline, will take on the position at Dubai-based Emirates in October, the paper reported.