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.
Lufthansa expects “very, very severe” consequences if a planned 24-hour strike by cabin crew goes ahead as planned on Friday. The airline says an eight-hour strike on Tuesday affected 51,000 passengers through flight cancellations and another 38,000 through delays. Lufthansa offers about 1,800 flights per day, 600 of which are operated by its regional partners and not affected by the dispute.
FRANKFURT — Bernhard Gerwert has been named the new CEO of EADS’ defense division Cassidian, effective immediately following the resignation of longtime CEO Stefan Zoller. Zoller has headed the division since 2005. His departure does not come as a complete surprise, after he was rumored to have wanted to become EADS CEO when the group sought a replacement for Louis Gallois earlier this year. The board picked ex-Airbus CEO Thomas Enders, who has headed EADS since June.
