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.
FRANKFURT — The German government is to acquire a 15% stake in EADS, twice as much as previously planned. The German finance ministry has set aside additional resources in the 2012 federal budget to enable the move, a government official said.
Oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby expects the new Latam Group to decide which alliance it will pick “in the next few weeks.” That decision is likely to come before the possible admission of Avianca-Taca into the Star Alliance, which is slated to happen in May, Ashby says.
Lufthansa Cargo has signed a letter of intent to sell its 25% share in money-losing Jade Cargo to Shenzhen-based Unitop Logistics Co. CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt expects the sale to be completed in the second half of this year. Jade Cargo operated six Boeing 747-400Fs until being grounded in late 2011. Talks with several potential investors failed. Lufthansa Cargo and the largest shareholder, Shenzhen Airlines, have been unable to agree on a recapitalization.
