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’s CEO Bertold Flick announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down as CEO of the Latvian airline. The move was long expected and is part of an agreement by the two major shareholders to increase the airline’s capital by more than €150 million ($199.7 million). Under the deal, the previous shareholder agreement will be terminated with majority control of the airline management reverted to the Latvian government from minority shareholder Baltic Aviation Systems (BAS).
India plans to retaliate if the EU does not step back from plans to introduce its emissions trading system (EU ETS) at the start of next year, Prashant Sukul, joint secretary of India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, tells Aviation Week at the World Route Development Forum in Berlin.
Cargolux and Boeing have reached a tentative agreement on terms and conditions for delivery of the operator’s first Boeing 747-8 freighter. This deal follows Cargolux’s unprecedented rejection last month of the first two 747-8Fs just days before a scheduled delivery ceremony. The dispute is understood to center on the 747-8F’s engines, in particular a 2.7% fuel burn shortfall that new Cargolux shareholder Qatar Airways is not willing to accept.
