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.
Lufthansa plans to save €2.1 billion (US$3.1 billion) in capital expenditures over the next four years by stretching out aircraft deliveries. Ten aircraft could be affected in 2010, CFO Stephan Gemkow said yesterday, declining to specify which models. The airline no longer confirms it will take five Airbus A380s next year. In addition to 15 A380s, it has 20 Boeing 747-8s on order plus dozens of A320 family narrowbodies and a total of 10 A330s for both Swiss and Lufthansa.
US Airways would be interested in joining the transatlantic joint venture Atlantic Plus-Plus with United, Lufthansa, Continental and Air Canada “at some point,” CEO Doug Parker told The DAILY at the Star Alliance event in New York. He did not want to discuss when that might happen, however. The four-way joint venture was approved earlier this year by competition authorities.
Swiss is to resume service on some long-haul routes next year when the it takes delivery of four more Airbus A330-300s, the airline’s CEO Harry Hohmeister told The DAILY on the sidelines of the Star Alliance event in New York. Hohmeister says the airline is very pleased with the performance of the airline’s existing four A330s and wants to add services to China and India in particular.
