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.
SAS is demanding financial compensation by Bombardier because of the three-week grounding of its entire Q400 fleet last month (DAILY, Sept. 13). The airline grounded the fleet following two landing-gear failures, in Aalborg and Vilnius, on Sept. 9 and Sept. 12. "SAS will initiate discussions with Bombardier regarding compensation for the costs and lost income incurred," the airline said in a statement.
French stock exchange supervision authority AMF is considering charging 21 senior EADS executives with insider trading, French press reported yesterday. French daily Le Figaro quoted from a report issued by AMF saying that it had found serious and massive sales of stock by the executives at a time when they could have known about the A380 delays and their financial implications.
SAS Group sold its Spanish ground-handling operation Newco Airport Services to Teinver Group. The company previously held a 55% stake the company. The move is part of SAS's strategy to focus on its core market in Scandinavia. SAS also plans to sell its Spanish airline, Spanair. [email protected]
