Uzalelwe eHong Kong, uTobias Ernst waqala umsebenzi wakhe eLufthansa eFrankfurt kwiSebe leCargo ngo-1985. Ngo-1989, waqala njengoqeqeshwa eFrankfurt ukuze abe ngumphathi kwintengiso nemisebenzi yesikhululo seenqwelomoya. UTobias Ernst unamava amakhulu ekuthengiseni abakhweli kunye nokuthengisa, kunye nemisebenzi yenqwelomoya.
Izabelo zaphesheya kukaTobias Ernst eLufthansa German Airlines zaqala njengosekela mphathi wentengiso yabakhweli eBucharest, eRomania. Waphinda wancedisa ngokuseta imisebenzi yenqwelomoya eTallinn, eVilnius naseMinsk. NgoDisemba ka-1993, wathatha isikhundla sokuba ngumphathi wezentengiso e-Accra, eGhana emva koko eNovosibirsk, eRussian Federation. NgoJulayi 1994, wasebenza njengomphathi jikelele wentengiso yabakhweli kunye nokuthengisa eBahrain kwaye enoxanduva lweQatar.
NgoNovemba ka-1996, u-Tobias Ernst wafudukela kwisiXeko saseHo Chi Minh, eVietnam apho wayesebenza kwindawo efanayo nomphathi jikelele weLufthansa German Airlines. Phakathi kuka-2000 kunye no-2003 uTobias Ernst wayephethe i-Indonesia, ehlala eJakarta.
Inyathelo lakhe elilandelayo lomsebenzi kunye neLufthansa lamsa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHanover, njengoko umphathi wesikhululo saseLufthansa wayenoxanduva ukusuka ngo-2003 ukuya phakathi ku-2005. NgoJulayi 2005, wafudukela eAlgeria njengomphathi jikelele wentengiso kunye nokuthengisa eAlgiers. Ukususela ngoJanuwari 2008 ukuya ku-Okthobha ka-2008, wayengumphathi jikelele wePakistan kunye ne-Afghanistan, esekelwe eLahore.
Ngomhla woku-1 kuNovemba ka-2008, uTobias Ernst uthatha uxanduva njengomphathi weLufthansa yokuthengisa abakhweli, u-Abu Dhabi kunye ne-Al Ain.
