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.
SAS is no longer interested in taking a stake in Lithuanian Airlines, a company spokesman said last week, because the stake available was too small to meet SAS financial targets. Instead, the carrier is looking at investing in Estonian Airlines. Rival Maersk Air recently pulled out of talks to acquire a 49% stake in the airline. The government of Estonia holds a 34% in the carrier.
SAS is no longer interested in taking a stake in Lithuanian Airlines, a company spokesman said last week, because the stake available was too small to meet SAS financial targets. Instead, the carrier is looking at investing in Estonian Airlines. Rival Maersk Air recently pulled out of talks to acquire a 49% stake in the airline. The government of Estonia holds a 34% in the carrier.
Lufthansa yesterday immediately canceled its long-haul services from Munich to Hong Kong and Shanghai, citing plummeting demand at the hands of the SARS pneumonia crisis. The carrier has operated six weekly flights to Hong Kong and a daily service to Shanghai using Airbus A340-300s. The airline planned to introduce services between Munich and Beijing in the summer, but is now expected to step back from the plans.
