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.
Icelandair will start flights from Reykjavik to Denver May 11, 2012. The airline will initially operate four weekly roundtrips with Boeing 757-200s, making Denver its ninth destination in the U.S. It currently operates a fleet of 19 aircraft—one 757-300 and 18 757-200s. Icelandair has one 787-8 on firm order. The airline is focusing on a niche market connecting European destinations with U.S. markets via a small hub in Reyjakjavik.
Emirates officially confirmed Thierry Antinori as its new executive VP-passenger sales worldwide, succeeding Richard Vaughan, who plans to retire. The 49-year old Antinori will take on his new role Oct. 1.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) finds Lufthansa’s mandatory retirement age of 60 for pilots to be illegal. The court says that sending pilots into retirement at 60 constitutes discrimination on grounds of age. Lufthansa and its pilots union, Vereinigung Cockpit, say they will wait for the ruling to be converted into national law and then start renegotiating their collective bargaining agreement.
