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.
While significant ongoing structural changes in the industry cannot be denied, broad alliances among European low-cost carriers will not likely be a major theme, except in specific circumstances.
Norwegian plans to accelerate its capacity growth in 2017 based on its higher profits, despite pressures resulting from the UK’s June vote to leave the EU and other factors.
