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.
Virgin Atlantic Airways is courting Lufthansa to allow a merger with its affiliate BMI that would turn it into a much more significant competitor for British Airways.
Germany’s air accident investigation authority BFU plans to reiterate its proposal to replace type II and type IV de-icing fluids with more advanced substances, following the near-crash of a Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ late last month.
Air Berlin expects a much smaller profit than previously forecast for fiscal 2008 — Germany’s second-largest airline said yesterday its operating profit will come at EUR73 million-EUR120 million (US$115 million-US$189 million), down from the EUR140 million-EUR160 million range published last fall.
