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.
Having shed its convoluted management structure, EADS must now demonstrate it really can operate like a smoothly running company. Early indications are that’s not going to happen.
BMI yesterday announced massive expansion plans for the winter timetable at London Heathrow Airport, positioning the airline as a major player in the medium-haul market. The carrier will launch a total of 17 new routes from Heathrow to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Aleppo and Damascus (Syria), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Amman (Jordan), Ankara (Turkey), Baku (Azerbaijan), Beirut (Lebanon), Bishkek (Kyrgystan), Cairo, Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Khartoum (Sudan), Tbilisi (Georgia), Tehran (Iran) and Yerevan in Armenia.
