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’s passenger airline division will be led by four new executives after a wide-ranging leadership reshuffle early next year. The airline’s incoming CEO Carsten Spohr appointed Thomas Kluehr, Kay Kratky and Jens Bischof as new members of the executive board, effective April 1, 2011. Kluehr will be in charge of the Munich hub and the point-to-point routes, while Kratky will take over Frankfurt and flight operations. Bischof takes over sales.
Continental Airlines vows it will appeal a French judge’s ruling that the airline and one of its employees were guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the July 25, 2000, crash of an Air France Concorde, in which 113 persons died, including four on the ground.
Europe’s large, mid-size and regional carriers are pursuing further structural changes as they look to bolster their finances in a turbulent market. Although traffic is rebounding, and earnings prospects are on the upswing for most, considerable headwind remains. Unions are one source of tension, as is the general economic malaise throughout Europe. Both threaten to depress air traffic recovery, thus setting the stage for further efforts to revamp businesses continent-wide.
