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.
TAP Portugal has no plans to invest in financially struggling fellow Star Alliance member Spanair. “We cannot be a partner for Spanair,” TAP CEO Fernando Pinto told Aviation Week at the ALTA annual general meeting in Panama City. Spanair is understood to be looking for new investors who would help ease its difficult financial situation. Pinto says privatization of TAP must come first before any other strategic initiatives. TAP is due to be privatized in 2011, but the formal process has not yet started.
Air Berlin is trying to persuade its future partners in the Oneworld alliance to move long-haul services from Frankfurt to Berlin. “We will never be able to build up a hub in Frankfurt in competition with Lufthansa,” the carrier’s CEO Joachim Hunold told Aviation Week on the sidelines of the S7 Airlines joining event in Moscow. Hunold refused to reveal further details, but said that things are moving as expected.
S7 Airlines has brought its yields back up to where they were before the recent econonic downturn, Deputy General Director Anton Eremin told Aviation Week in Moscow. Backed by a surge in traffic and fare prices, the airline will be profitable in 2010, he predicted.
