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.
Air Baltic and British Airways have agreed to code share on the Riga-London/Gatwick route. British Airways, which itself does not serve Riga, will put its code on the nine weekly Air Baltic flights to London. For BA, Gatwick is the much-smaller London base when compared to the Heathrow hub, but Air Baltic has no slots at the city’s main international hub. The agreement further solidifies Air Baltic’s status as a non-alliance airline.
