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 is allowing its passengers to make use of some functions of their cell phones inflight, provided the devices are in the "flight-safe mode," a feature on some of the latest phones. While using the mode, passengers can write (but not send) e-mails, play games or listen to music -- essentially use all the functions of the phone except making phone calls. -JF
SAS is no longer interested in taking a stake in Lithuanian Airlines, a company spokesman said last week, because the stake available was too small to meet SAS financial targets. Instead, the carrier is looking at investing in Estonian Airlines. Rival Maersk Air recently pulled out of talks to acquire a 49% stake in the airline. The government of Estonia holds a 34% in the carrier.
SAS is no longer interested in taking a stake in Lithuanian Airlines, a company spokesman said last week, because the stake available was too small to meet SAS financial targets. Instead, the carrier is looking at investing in Estonian Airlines. Rival Maersk Air recently pulled out of talks to acquire a 49% stake in the airline. The government of Estonia holds a 34% in the carrier.
