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.
Much of the air cargo industry is potentially facing severe fines from international competition authorities. Investigators on three continents are trying to determine whether a group of cargo airlines engaged in anti-competitive behavior such as illegal fixing of rates and surcharges.
Spain's largest airline, Iberia, is hoping to double the number of daily flights from its Madrid hub in the medium term, after the airport unveiled a new terminal building and two new runways earlier this month.
Alfred Oetsch is expected to be named the new CEO of Austrian Airlines at the company's next board meeting on Feb. 27. Oetsch will succeed Vagn Soerensen, who is returning to his home country of Denmark at the end of the year. Oetsch, 52, is an Austrian Airlines Group supervisory board member and the CEO of Siemens Austria.
