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.
A German court ordered Frankfurt ground controllers to end their strike and return to work immediately. The court ruled that the strike was illegal for formal reasons and that ground controllers could resume the strike based on different demands. The same court late on Tuesday also declared illegal a planned supporting strike by air traffic controllers that would have halted all flight operations in Frankfurt on Wednesday morning.
Brussels Airlines is making major changes to its leadership team, with the scheduled retirement in June of Co-CEO Michel Meyfroidt. The other co-CEO, Bernard Gustin, will have the post to himself. The carrier named Peter Kranich, 55, as chief operating officer and Jan de Raeymaeker, 34, CFO. Meyfroidt has been in charge of the operations and finance departments.
Austrian Airlines plans to replace Chief Commercial Officer Andreas Bierwirth, industry sources tell Aviation Week. The decision, made by the board of directors, is expected to be announced today. Bierwirth has been a member of the executive board since 2008. He ran Austrian as co-CEO with Peter Malanik for two interim periods while the airline was looking for a new, permanent CEO. Former Star Alliance executive Jaan Albrecht was named CEO late last year, and Bierwirth returned to his CCO position.
