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.
British Airways hopes its regional operations will be profitable in two years, thanks to the scrapping of its current regional business model and the adoption of low-fare carrier features. The airline will relaunch BA CitiExpress as BA Connect, a single-class entity with one-way pricing, fares reduced by as much as 40% and food and beverage available for a fee.
TAP Portugal may soon sell VarigLog, the Brazilian carrier's cargo division, after a higher bidder for the unit emerged, Portugal's Transport Minister Mario Lino said in a parliamentary hearing. The division will be sold for $45.6 million or 20% more than TAP paid a month ago. The TAP investment helped Varig make imminent leasing payments and avoid grounding part of its fleet.
Air Berlin gave mandates to Commerzbank and Morgan Stanley to prepare an initial public offering in the spring, industry sources say. The airline could sell a significant, yet undetermined, stake to investors in an effort to fund its ambitious expansion. The airline did not confirm the information, saying only that it continues to evaluate an IPO.
