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.
Kuwaiti low-fare carrier Jazeera Airways plans to add more bases in the Persian Gulf region, as the airline broadens its network. Jazeera this week announced that it will introduce services from Dubai Airport to Manama, Bahrain; Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi, India, as well as to Muscat and Salalah, by the end of March. Jazeera will compete with several other carriers on the routes, among them Emirates and Gulf Air.
Ryanair's shares gained more than 6.4% yesterday, after the airline raised its full-year earnings outlook and reported much better-than-expected figures for the third quarter ended Dec. 31.
Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber said yesterday that a total of 7,300 jobs are threatened if authorities go ahead with plans to impose a strict ban on night flights at Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo and leisure carrier Condor would be affected in particular, Mayrhuber said. Frankfurt Airport plans to build a fourth runway for landings only but has in return applied for a nightly ban on flights. Lufthansa heavily criticized the move in the past. -JF
