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.
Europe’s airline industry is in a nearly unprecedented state of flux, with network and low-fare carriers trying to reposition themselves in a consolidating market.
EADS is off to a difficult start in its new, more streamlined setup, as many of the group’s smaller investors demanded the resignation of Arnaud Lagardere last week from the board of directors.
Lufthansa's chairman/CEO yesterday sent a strong signal that the company plans to participate in the ongoing sector consolidation. "We believe that consolidation makes sense," Wolfgang Mayrhuber said at a news conference in Frankfurt. "We have shown that we are able to turn around companies, we have well established partnerships, we have a solid management and our financials are solid," he stressed. "Consolidation is something we have on our radar screen."
