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.
EasyJet plans to start flying to Tallinn, Estonia, and Riga, Latvia, in the fall, as it tries to take advantage of the appetite for low-fare service in the Baltics. The low-fare airline will introduce services from London and Berlin to Tallinn, as well as from Berlin to Riga, between Oct. 27 and Nov. 18, but it did not give further specifics on frequency. Baltic states are slowly developing into a market for Europe's low-fare airlines as Ryanair enters Riga with flights to London, Hahn/Germany and Tampere/Finland.
The South African government does not plan to sell South African Airways (SAA) at this time, a senior government official said. "There is no intention to privatize SAA in the near future," Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said. "We must strengthen the balance sheet first." SAA incurred $1.5 billion in currency losses in the past two years as a result of a failed currency hedging policy. While the rand has been losing value against the U.S. dollar for 14 consecutive years, it gained 90% between January 2002 and March 2004.
