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.
CSA Czech Airlines is taking over the ground-handling for its alliance partner, Air France-KLM in Prague. The contract becomes effective on Aug. 1, the airline said. Air France-KLM is one of the bidders in the continuing privatization of the state-owned carrier.
Ariana last month took over two former Turkish Airlines Airbus A310-300s. The aircraft are operating on routes from Kabul to both Dubai and Istanbul. Turkish Airlines is still in charge of maintenance. Ariana says the phase-in of the A310s is part of a broader effort to comply with world standards. The airline aims at using the aircraft on services to Europe once it is off the European Union’s list of blacklisted carriers. Ariana is currently not allowed to enter European airspace because of safety and oversight deficiencies.
