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.
LOT Polish Airlines may outsource its narrowbody aircraft routes to another carrier as part of its new reorganization plan. Maurice Boyle, plenipotentiary of the management board for operations and maintenance, told delegates at the Embraer Central European airline conference in Istanbul that LOT may emulate an arrangement employed by Finnair to contract U.K. carrier Flybe to operate Finnair routes with its Embraer 190s.
One of the few promising airlines in Eastern Europe until its near-collapse last year, Air Baltic is slowly returning to financial stability and rebuilding its strategy—and now it faces new competition from Estonian Air.
