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.
One of the few promising airlines in Eastern Europe until its near-collapse last year, Air Baltic is slowly returning to financial stability and rebuilding its strategy—and now it faces new competition from Estonian Air.
Turkish Airlines plans to introduce regional jets once Istanbul gets a new airport, according to Chief Commercial Officer Soner Akkurt, who says the airline could greatly improve services to secondary cities and introduce more markets with smaller aircraft. The only reason Turkish does not have regional aircraft is the lack of slots in Istanbul, Akkurt told attendees at an Embraer airline seminar in Istanbul.
