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 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
British Airways traffic was down 2.8% in January as a result of the planned cabin crew strike. At the same time, the airline increased capacity 1.5%, leading to a three-point decrease in load factor to 69.5%. BA said it lost about GBP80 million (US$157 million) in revenues because of the planned strike. The three-day walkout was averted at the last minute, but BA said many premium passengers changed their tickets and used other carriers in the period affected.
