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.
Ryanair is not required to pay compensation to passengers affected by a delay caused by a technical fault, a German court ruled. Passengers claimed €500 in compensation as outlined in European Union Regulation 261, after a flight from Luebeck in September 2007 was significantly delayed.
African and Middle Eastern airlines saw significant operational and financial disruption from the volcanic ash cloud over Europe last month, although much less than their European peers. Figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that 30% of African airlines’ capacity was affected by the five-day closure of much of Europe’s airspace. Middle Eastern carriers were forced to ground about 20% of their fleet.
CSA Czech Airlines is likely to see more significant cuts to its fleet, network and employee base after the Czech Finance Ministry outlined a three-year restructuring plan for the state-owned airline. The plan was approved of by the Czech Airlines board of directors last month and handed over to the finance ministry for consideration. CSA posted a loss of 3.6 billion crowns ($191 million) last year. The ministry said the airline should reduce those losses to about 600 million crowns this year.
