FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa (>> Deutsche Lufthansa AG) has named company veteran Carsten Spohr as the group's new chief executive, Germany's largest airline said on Friday.

Spohr will take over on May 1 from Christoph Franz, who is moving to Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche (>> Roche Holding Ltd.).

(Reporting by Victoria Bryan; Editing by Christoph Steitz)

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