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 Airlines looks more likely to survive now that the airline has reached agreement with pilots and cabin crew on the basics of a new deal on pay, work conditions and pensions. The agreement—if finalized in the coming weeks—would become effective December 1. Details have not yet emerged and both Austrian and worker representatives have agreed not to comment publicly. It would end a bitter dispute spanning several years that almost put the airline out of business and led it to transfer all flight operations to regional subsidiary Tyrolean in 2012.
