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.
Low-fare airline Germanwings has selected Stuttgart as its second base in Germany after Cologne/Bonn Airport. The carrier, a unit of Lufthansa's part-owned subsidiary Eurowings, will start flying to Prague, Barcelona, Vienna, Thessaloniki, Lisbon and Istanbul on Sept. 15. It also serves the cities from Cologne/Bonn. Fares start at EUR19 (US$22) one-way. -JF
BMI British Midland is seeking U.K. government permission to put its code on United flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington and on several domestic U.S. flights.
Germania Express, the latest addition to the growing group of Germany's low-fare airlines, today will announce routes, fares and details of its strategy for its next base. The airline, which recently acquired 17 former US Airways Fokker F100s, will open a base in Munich in early August, followed by a third base in Hamburg later this year. Germania Express started flying last spring in Berlin with five aircraft.
