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.
German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) and Lufthansa have successfully restarted talks, the pilot union says. Following multiple rounds of more exploratory talks involving a mediator, more formal negotiations have now started to overcome the differences the two sides had over pensions for early retirements. Last month, the union had called for the longest strike in the airline’s history, which grounded Lufthansa for three days and forced the carrier to cancel more than 3,000 flights. After a period of radio silence, the exploratory talks have resumed.
