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.
LOT Polish Airlines has started exploratory talks with alliance partner Lufthansa about a possible takeover, LOT’s new CEO Sebastian Mikosz told The DAILY. He and Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber have met once to discuss possible strategies that could bring LOT under the umbrella of the Lufthansa group.
The Star Alliance will get rid of its regional membership scheme, according to sources in the alliance. The group plans to present an updated corporate governance on the sidelines of the IATA annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur next month, and the step is expected to be formally announced there in addition to other changes.
