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.
The new fare classes apply to economy travel, and with them, Lufthansa Group legacy airlines will for the first time charge a checked bag fees for its Economy Light class.
The union—which has staged 12 strikes since early 2014—is in principle offering cost concessions, productivity improvements, a pay-increase pause and a higher average retirement age.
