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 has only days to resolve a long-standing dispute with pilots or otherwise face another pilot strike, The DAILY has learned. Pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit pushed through an April 23 deadline for mediation accepted last week, sources say. Lufthansa proposed mediation to avoid a strike scheduled to begin April 13. During mediation, strikes are not allowed.
Germany’s air traffic controllers plan to go on strike as soon as this week. The controllers’ union said on Friday it does not see any other option in pushing air traffic control provider DFS to accept its demands. The dispute between controllers and DFS is not over pay, but centers on work conditions. Controllers argue in favor of working fewer daily hours in control centers that cover a particularly busy traffic area. DFS says traffic has actually declined in the areas affected.
