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.
Swiss CEO Christoph Franz will take on the additional role as head of sales, following a number of executive changes at the airline. The current head of sales and marketing, Oliver Evans, will take over Swiss World Cargo, while Christoph Beckmann will become head of marketing. Franz will oversee sales himself "until the effects of the company's link-up with Lufthansa are more clearly identified and appreciated."
EasyJet will make a decision on converting part of its 120 options for Airbus A319s in the first quarter of 2006, Chief Operating Officer Ed Winter told The DAILY, as the airline needs more capacity to accommodate growth beyond the summer of 2007.
Lufthansa, Europe's second largest airline, plans to get much tougher on tackling supplier costs and adapting low-cost carrier business practices wherever feasible, according to Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber.
