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.
Lufthansa has sold the European portion of its LSG Group catering unit to Swiss-base Gategroup, its first step toward exiting the airline catering business segment altogether.
Lufthansa has sold the European portion of its catering unit LSG Group to Gategroup, its first step toward exiting the airline catering business segment altogether.
German leisure carrier Condor expects to gain clarity about its future ownership in January 2020, around four months after having entered a special restructuring scheme.