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.
Austrian will introduce two new Asian destinations in its network next year. The airline will start three times weekly service to Shanghai in May using Boeing 767-300ERs. Also, Austrian will fly a 777-200ER to Singapore three times weekly. The aircraft will continue to Melbourne. -JF
After months of negotiations, DaimlerChrysler agreed to sell its MTU Aero Engines unit to private equity investors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). KKR will take over the company for EUR1.4 billion (US$1.6 billion), according to industry sources, but neither side confirmed the price paid.
Bill Meaney, managing director-commerce at Swiss, left the company late last week after the airline's board refused to change the leadership structure in line with Meaney's demands.
