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 Airlines sees more than expected options in its search for a strategic partnership with another carrier, following a presentation to the supervisory board this week. As a next step, Austrian plans to evaluate several models of cooperation and wants to present further results to its board at the next meeting, in July.
The planned takeover of Condor by Air Berlin will shortly be called off, industry sources told The DAILY. “Air Berlin can simply not afford Condor any more,” the sources said. A formal announcement could be kept until Oct. 9 when the German competition authorities plan to announce what remedies they are looking at for a potential approval.
Air Berlin is facing strong criticism over its current strategy ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, set for today at London Stansted Airport. The airline should abandon its existing strategy and focus on niche markets in which it can survive, several analysts said.
