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.
Airbus and German aerospace and technology group Diehl are expected to announce the sale of Airbus’ Laupheim plant in the coming days. According to company sources, the two sides have reached an agreement in principle with only final details to be sorted out.
Lufthansa’s outstanding financial performance among Europe’s legacy carriers is seriously threatened by upcoming strikes and demands for big pay increases from pilots, ground staff and cabin crew.
Lufthansa was forced to cancel up to 1,000 flights on July 21 and July 22, as pilots at regional units Lufthansa CityLine and Eurowings walked off their jobs. Eurowings pilots want to be paid the same as their colleagues at CityLine who themselves are demanding a big increase in pay. Their demands would make them paid similarly to Lufthansa’s junior mainline crews.
