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.
Air Tahiti Nui plans to continue flying its Airbus A340-300s until 2018-2020; however, the company’s board of directors has decided to reduce the fleet from five to four aircraft. The surplus jet is to be sold or leased out as soon as possible. Air Tahiti Nui says it can fly its current program with four aircraft.
The Hungarian state is putting more money into loss-making Malev Hungarian Airlines. The government said it was willing to subscribe to a capital increase for the third time this year that will allow the airline to continue operations. The total contribution in this round amounts to HUF18.5 billion ($98.5 million). Around 10 billion will be dedicated to converting loans into equity. Another 8.5 billion will be cash contributions.
The Latvian government is willing to participate in a capital increase for Air Baltic, or buy the airline back, if management—in particular the current CEO Bertold Flick—resigns. A total of 60 million lati ($122 million) is set to be injected in the airline.
