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.
Slovak Airlines was grounded this week by its majority shareholder Austrian Airlines after the Slovak government failed to take over debt owed by the previously state-owned company. The two aircraft -- one Boeing 737-300 and one Fokker 100 -- were flown to Vienna because they are owned by the Austrian Airlines Group. Austrian said that without the government sticking to its commitment, there was no way of turning around the unprofitable carrier.
The Transport & General Workers Union (T&G) yesterday called off a two-day strike by British Airways cabin crew, after the two sides reached a deal on pay and work conditions. BA was able to reinstate almost its entire flight schedule after the strike was canceled. Late last week, the airline axed about 1,300 flights Tuesday and Wednesday and warned that it would not be able to reinstate all of these even if a last-minute agreement was reached.
