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.
Virgin Group is in talks "with a number of domestic airlines" in India to take a 49% stake, Chairman Richard Branson said on Friday. Branson was testifying before a U.K. Civil Aviation Authority panel hearing that aimed to decide how to allocate an additional 21 weekly frequencies to India. Virgin Atlantic Airways applied for the rights, along with British Airways and BMI British Midlands. Airlines serving mainly Indian domestic routes are Jet Airways and Indian Airlines, among others.
Although they are trying to adapt to the rapidly evolving--and divergent--needs of full-service network carriers and low-fare operators, Europe's airports are underfunded, face serious opposition from environmentalists and must contend with bottlenecks of passengers wending their way through security checkpoints in crowded terminals.
Lufthansa German Airlines will not reach its planned staff cost-cutting target this year due to longer-than-expected negotiations with pilots and other employee groups.
