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 plans to cut 3,500 administrative positions in the coming years as the airline implements its €1.5 billion (US$2 billion) restructuring program, dubbed Score. The airline has targeted about €500 million in staff cost reductions, one-third of the total amount. CEO Christoph Franz says one goal is closer integration of Lufthansa Group’s various airline divisions through shared services organizations and other initiatives.
Dubai International Airport plans to open its Concourse 3 in the first quarter next year once it is “completely satisfied that the facility has passed all operational and service readiness tests with flying colors,” says Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths.
Austrian Airlines has again reversed a crucial decision in its effort to restructure after its pilots rejected a compromise plan to keep flight operations at the airline. With this latest decision, Austrian on July 1 will transfer all flight operations from the parent company to regional subsidiary Tyrolean Airways. This transition was to be implemented last week but was suspended after a deal was reached with Austrian’s flight crew union that would have frozen pay and revised pension obligations but retained operations at the mainline carrier.
