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.
Ukrainian airline AeroSvit is struggling to maintain a regular flight schedule as it begins bankruptcy proceedings, after cancelling several services, including a flight to New York, from its Kiev Boryspil International Airport base.
LOT Polish Airlines is facing an imminent and drastic downsizing, according to comments made by Polish Treasury Minister Mikolay Budzanovsky. The minister yesterday told parliament that the airline in the first quarter will cut at least 30% of current jobs and significantly reduce its fleet. According to Budzanovsky, the airline will retire around 15 aircraft, more than a third of the 40 aircraft listed in LOT’s fleet by the Aviation Week Intelligence Network fleet database.
