He started his journalism career in 1992 as a freelance writer for Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest daily national newspaper and soon specialised in air transport. Jens joined Aviation Week and Aviation Daily in 2000 as one of the European correspondents. Later his role was expanded to cover international air transport. In 2013 he was named Managing Editor Commercial.
Jens frequently appears on radio and TV to comment on industry matters. In 2003, he received the Hugo Junkers Award of the German aviation press for his coverage of Fairchild Dornier’s bankruptcy. He was named the country’s top travel and air transport writer by the Travel Industry Club three times. Jens graduated from the Munich School of Journalism.
Lufthansa has resolved its pending leadership crisis following a tumultuous day, after its former CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber late May 6 reversed his decision not to run for the chairman’s position. Mayrhuber earlier in the day said he was no longer available for the chairman’s position at Europe’s largest airline. Lufthansa had published Mayrhuber’s decision in a regulatory filing, saying it would come up with a new proposal later in the day. That proposal, however, reconfirmed his nomination.
Air Cargo Germany (ACG) May 3 declared itself insolvent, two weeks after Germany’s aviation authority temporarily withdrew the company’s air operator certificate.
SAS Group has sold its highly profitable regional subsidiary Wideroe to a consortium of Norwegian investors. The investors, Torghattan ASA, Fjord1 and Nordland Fylkeskommune, now own an 80% stake in Wideroe, and hold an option to acquire the remaining 20% by 2016. The sale is one of the measures pledged by SAS to a group of banks that helped the carrier avert bankruptcy late last year.
