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.
Finnair warned it is considering “structural changes due to the rapidly and strongly changing competitive environment” after talks with its unions over planned cost cuts failed.
Thierry Antinori is expected to become the new CEO of Austrian Airlines, industry sources tell Aviation Week. The airline’s supervisory board is scheduled to meet on Wednesday afternoon, but it is unclear whether the formal decision will be made then. It could also be announced at a later date. Neither Austrian nor Lufthansa was prepared to comment.
Lufthansa will launch its first scheduled flights using biofuel next year. The airline will operate daily roundtrips from Hamburg to Frankfurt in April 2011 with an Airbus A321 powered by International Aero Engines' V2500 engine. Up to 50% of the fuel will be made up of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The trials are planned for a six-month period and are intended to study the long-term effect of biofuels on aircraft engines.
