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.
BMI yesterday announced massive expansion plans for the winter timetable at London Heathrow Airport, positioning the airline as a major player in the medium-haul market. The carrier will launch a total of 17 new routes from Heathrow to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Aleppo and Damascus (Syria), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Amman (Jordan), Ankara (Turkey), Baku (Azerbaijan), Beirut (Lebanon), Bishkek (Kyrgystan), Cairo, Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Khartoum (Sudan), Tbilisi (Georgia), Tehran (Iran) and Yerevan in Armenia.
Air Berlin's shares rose by more than 6% yesterday on speculation that Air France-KLM might plan a takeover; however, Air France-KLM denied the airline had any plans to buy the German carrier. Air Berlin delivered weaker-than-expected financial results for the first half of the year and its share price fell from EUR22 in late April to EUR12 and remained at about EUR14 (US$19) yesterday.
