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' new CEO Alfred Oetsch pointed out that he wants the airline to remain independent despite its ongoing financial difficulties. "It is essential for us as a highly specialized medium-sized airline that we can continue to determine our strategy ourselves, based on a stable Austrian majority ownership," Oetsch said in a statement. He succeeded Vagn Soerensen last month. The airline's board had picked him mainly because he pledged to keep the airline independent.
Air Berlin is continuing its quest to become a true low-cost airline following this month's launch of an initial public offering. Air Berlin's stock was traded for the first time on May 11 with an initial share price of 12 euros ($15.34) and gained about 5% that morning. The stock has since dropped to 9.9 euros. The company is now Germany's second airline to be floated on the Frankfurt stock exchange, following Lufthansa.
