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.
Malev Hungarian Airlines had to cancel 20 of today's 67 planned flights, after the ground workers union said it will stage a one-day strike. The union wants a 30% wage increase. Malev originally offered only 3.5%, but later increased the offer above the level of inflation. The unprofitable state-owned carrier recently formed a bilateral alliance with CSA Czech Airlines (DAILY, March 3) that it hopes will eventually lead to membership in the SkyTeam alliance. -JF
The Italian cabinet has delayed a decision over how to help ailing state-owned carrier Alitalia (DAILY, April 23) until its next meeting on Thursday. "The signal we want to give today is that the government will intervene," Labor Minister Roberto Maroni said at a news conference following Friday's cabinet meeting.
Air traffic growth will no longer be evenly distributed across the world's major airports but will focus on just a few mega-hubs, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group. Major investments, such as new terminals and runways, can be afforded only by the lucky few that are hubs for one of the three global airline alliances, Boston Consulting believes.
