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.
Qantas Airways is “not actively involved” in any merger talks after the collapse of negotiations with British Airways, Managing Director and CEO Alan Joyce told The DAILY at a oneworld event in Madrid. Instead, Qantas is focusing on managing the current downturn on its own. According to Joyce, Qantas could not come to terms with BA regarding the merger ratio and was not willing to give up control of the Australian airline operation.
Fractional ownership provider NetJets signed an agreement yesterday to buy Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation field just south of Frankfurt International Airport. The field is considered key to improving access to the German banking capital, as well as the economically important Rhein/Main region.
Austrian Airlines plans to cut EUR225 million from its cost base this year as a measure to improve and protect its liquidity. The airline will cut capacity by 10% compared with the 5% originally seen. It also asks its employees for temporary wages and a temporary freeze to pension plan contributions, among others. On Friday, Andreas Bierwirth and Peter Malanik took over from CEO Alfred Oetsch, who was forced to step down because of Austrian’s worsening performance.
