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’s pilots are still threatening to walk off their jobs for four days after they and the airline failed to agree on terms for mediation. Lufthansa wants the pilots to withdraw their strike threat before starting detailed talks about how mediation should proceed. Pilots want to give up their threat only when they are satisfied with the mediation terms. During mediation, strikes are not allowed. If the process fails, pilots would be free to resume industrial action.
Turkish Airlines profit dropped by around half in 2009 after the airline continued to expand its capacity in spite of the global economic downturn. The airline recorded a net profit of 559 million lire ($371 million), down from 1.13 billion a year earlier. That was about 10% below analysts expectations. THY, nevertheless, stated that it was pleased with the results as it was able to gain market share at a time when competitors reduced capacity.
German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) accepted a Lufthansa proposal to call for a mediator in its long-standing dispute with the airline. The union said Thursday that it will enter mediation under certain conditions and would then call off a four-day strike planned to start April 13.
