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.
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport is urging Air Berlin to build a hub-and-spoke system at Germany’s largest airport. “There are strong potential benefits from a Oneworld hub in Frankfurt, not only for the airlines, but also for us,” CFO Matthias Zieschang said in a call with analysts.
Germany’s air transport industry is becoming increasingly entangled in a bitter dispute over details of the proposed ticket tax. Lufthansa Cargo CFO Peter Gerber told an internal Lufthansa audience that comments made by Ralph Teckentrup, head of Germany’s airline association BDF, were “utter nonsense.”
