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.
According to an analysis published April 27 by a group of investigative reporters, the federal government received two separate warnings from its own diplomats and intelligence-service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) after a Ukrainian military transport aircraft was shot down while flying at high altitude over Eastern Ukraine on July 14.
ELFAA represents the interest of LCCs including Ryanair, Easyjet, Norwegian and IAG-subsidiary Vueling. Iberia and BA are the first two legacy airlines to join it.
The airline—burdened by large losses over several years as well as negative equity—on April 24 announced the departure of Chief Commercial Officer Goetz Ahmelmann.
