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 Group said it has completed disposals and will sell no more units, after it announced the sale of SAS Flight Academy to STAR Capital Partners for SEK750 million (US$107 million). SAS sold the Rezidor hotel chain, among other units, last year, but considers itself a "company of core operations now," according to new CEO Mats Jansson. The statement means that SAS will also stick to its 20% minority shareholding in BMI British Midland, a stake SAS previously looked at selling. -JF
British Airways yet again faces the threat of industrial action, after its ground workers and check-in agents rejected the proposed pension deal that is supposed to reduce the company's pension deficit. The GMB union said the deal "favors the highest-paid workers at BA at the expense of the lowest paid." The union said it "cannot rule out the possibility of an industrial action ballot some time in the future if negotiations are unsuccessful." GMB negotiators plan to meet with British Airways CEO Willie Walsh on Wednesday. -JF
