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.
DBA and Germania on Friday said they would join forces by the end of March (DAILY, Feb. 18). Germania will wet-lease 12 Fokker 100s to DBA and give up its own Germania Express brand. The number of DBA's international routes grows from six to 17, and the airline will add Athens, Thessaloniki, Moscow, Tiflis, Florence and Stockholm as new destinations. DBA Chairman Hans-Rudolf Woehrl said the two companies talked about swapping equity stakes but made no decision.
Air France-KLM said yesterday it still expects to improve its operating profit in the fiscal year ending March 31, in spite of a significant drop in the third quarter.
