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.
Airlines in traditionally high-cost Scandinavia are watching their business models collapse and are struggling to find the right answers. Only Norwegian Air Shuttle, the fast-growing low-cost carrier, is still profitable.
The European Commission has launched in-depth investigations into the financing of four airports because it is concerned that the financing arrangements of the publicly owned facilities do not comply with the so-called market economy investor principle (MEIP). The MEIP stipulates that state-owned companies should behave like private entities to avoid undue influence on competition.
