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 and its pilots are now likely to try to resolve their long-standing dispute with the help of a mediator. Industry sources tell The DAILY that pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is close to accepting a proposal made by the airline. The union leadership was in meetings all day on Wednesday discussing the latest developments, but was expected to come out with an official statement during the course of the evening.
FRANKFURT and LONDON — EADS plans to decide whether it will bid for the U.S. Air Force’s tanker within the next two weeks, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders told Aviation Week. But at this stage, Enders is “still skeptical” if EADS should go ahead with a bid.
Europe’s air transport sector is headed for increased legal and labor turmoil as financial difficulties push airlines and employees to become even more adversarial. The fault lines run beyond the traditional divide between airline management and labor—carriers are also striking out against each other and cohesion within unions is fraying. The situation in Europe is particularly tense, with the economy still mired in the doldrums and fears of a deepening recession ever present.
