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 will base three more Airbus A321s at its Munich hub and plans to add 180 weekly frequencies. The airline will introduce three daily flights to Klagenfurt, Austria, a daily roundtrip to Bilbao, Spain, and a daily service to Cluj in Romania. The expansion will take Lufthansa’s Munich based European fleet to 102 aircraft.
Munich Airport saw passenger numbers increase by 10.4% in 2007, making it one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe. Thirty-four million passengers used the facility last year, 3.2 million more than in 2006. Airport operator FMG reported revenues of EUR793 million (US$1.2 billion) and EUR45 million (US$65.6 million) after-tax profit.
Lufthansa’s passenger traffic was up 7% in January based mainly on stronger demand for flights to the U.S. and Asia. The airline’s load factor improved by 0.9 percentage points to 76.9% as capacity grew more slowly than demand.
