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.
Ryanair said yesterday that it will stop all flights to Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, at the end of January 2009 if the local tourist authorities do not stick to contractual arrangements.
EasyJet’s shares took a deep dive of up to 14% yesterday after founder and major shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou announced he would not approve the company’s annual accounts.
