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.
Air Berlin no longer plans to exit the long-haul market, according to CEO Joachim Hunold. He said at an event in Berlin that the long-haul business remained a “firm part of the strategy” in spite of the fact that the airline was forced to cut capacity dramatically on the routes. It currently uses part of the Airbus A330-300 long-haul fleet in its European system wherever appropriate.
Swiss International Air Lines introduced the first of nine Airbus A330-300s on firm order this week. The aircraft are configured for 236 seats in three classes. Swiss used the introduction to present a new inflight product — its new first class. Swiss deployed the aircraft on the New York route initially. The airline will take three more A330-300s this year. The aircraft will replace its existing A330-200 fleet in the next three years. In the Swiss configuration, the A330-300 offers 39 more seats.
The Czech government has dropped Aeroflot for the second stage of the privatization process of CSA Czech Airlines. The decision means that only Czech travel consortium Unimex-TVS and Air France-KLM remain in the race for a majority stake of the state-owned airline.
