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.
Christoph Mueller, who is now CEO of Aer Lingus, has been selected to helm Malaysia’s future national airline. Malaysia’s state investment fund, Khazanah Nasional, announced the decision on Dec. 5, following months of speculation regarding who may be hired to attempt the turn around of the airline. Mueller had previously been named as one of the candidates, but was in competition with internal executives.
