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 saw its London bookings drop 10% in the first four days after last week's terrorist attacks in the city (DAILY, July 8). "We expect if there are no other attacks that bookings will be back to normal by this weekend," O'Leary said at a press conference in London. Nevertheless, Ryanair plans to add more services starting in the fall. Among the new routes are Riga-Liverpool and Krakow-Glasgow. -JF
Swiss suspended 52 regional pilots yesterday after the cockpit crews sent an open letter to management claiming that uncertainty over their future hurt flight safety.
German low-fare airline DBA has been hit with a significant jump in costs after the airline bought back a 64% stake from former majority shareholder Hinrich Bischoff earlier this month, and Chairman Hans-Rudolf Woehrl now wants to find another investor.
