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.
Walsh sees that effect as “disappointing for us,” because IAG considers further liberalization in terms of air services and ownership of control as an opportunity for more revenue generation rather than a threat, Walsh told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings presentation.
“We will allow the maximum time possible for the [sales] guys to close the campaigns, but we will not build whitetails,” he told analysts during the presentation of Airbus Group’s first-quarter results.
A total of six contracts have to be renegotiated, including those defining pilot pay, early retirement, retirement benefits, work conditions and productivity.
