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.
Austrian airline caterer Do&Co said last week that its revenues for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2008/09 grew stongly by EUR43.99 million (US$55.29 million) to EUR233 million (US$292.7 million).
SAS Group is facing the daunting task of having to restructure on its own in the middle of a deep economic downturn after Star Alliance partner Lufthansa pulled out of talks to take over the Scandinavian airline group.
Lufthansa will remain the sole bidder in the privatization of Austrian Airlines now that state holding company OEIAG ruled yesterday that it will not accept any competing bids. That decision finally rules out efforts by Air France-KLM and S7 Airlines to re-enter the process.
