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.
Lufthansa and the SAS Group are considering selling their stakes in BMI British Midland, industry sources said yesterday. Continuing losses at the U.K.'s second-largest, short-haul legacy carrier, an unfavorable joint-venture agreement and the potential sale of Chairman Michael Bishop's majority stake are seen as key factors behind the scenes.
SAS wants the governments of Denmark, Sweden and Norway to pay SEK28 million (US$4 million) for the rescue flights it operated after the recent tsunami catastrophe in Southeast Asia. SAS says it dispatched 23 unscheduled flights to the region to bring back about 3,600 vacationers to Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen. It also had to convert some of the aircraft for transport of the injured at its own expense, SAS argued. Some aircraft were diverted from regularly scheduled services to fly the routes.
Alitalia flight attendants represented by the Sult union plan to stage four eight-hour strikes in February and March to protest stricter work rules and longer work hours. Sult represents 1,200 of Alitalia's 4,000 cabin crew.
