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 Berlin is giving up the idea of operating hub-and-spoke systems at its main bases in Dusseldorf, Berlin and Palma de Mallorca. As the airline prepares to reshape its future network, it is focusing on optimizing point-to-point services. Hubs “are not part of our strategy,” CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said Thursday.
Air Berlin plans to make significant cuts to its network, fleet and the number of crew bases as it prepares the fundamentals of yet another restructuring program.
