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.
Slovak low-fare airline SkyEurope plans to open a large base at Vienna Airport. The airline said yesterday it will start flying from Vienna on 16 routes, among them to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, but also Eastern European destinations, such as Sofia and Bucharest.
Unusually heavy fog over London and other areas of the U.K. has severely disrupted the holiday travel period, with British Airways canceling hundreds of flights at Heathrow Airport. BA canceled more than 200 flights at Heathrow yesterday and expects to cancel at least 180 today. All domestic flights will be canceled, and many European shorthaul flights to Brussels and Paris. Many of the airline's long-haul flights have been severely delayed.
Condor's annual profit for 2006 will fall below last year's level of EUR20 million (US$26.3 million), executive board member Ralf Teckentrup told the airline's in-house newspaper "connect". Teckentrup said high fuel prices led to the deterioration of results. Condor is aiming for an annual profit of EUR80-EUR90 million in 2008 to be able to make further investments. -JF
