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.
KLM and Air Exel have decided to end their cooperation deal and report that the KLM exel franchise will cease as of Nov. 6. Air Exel will begin operating flights from Eindhoven to London, Paris and Hamburg under its own commercial responsibility and the XT two-letter code. The Maastricht-Amsterdam service will continue until March 2005, when KLM Cityhopper will take over the connection. The airlines did not disclose the reason for the change. -JF
Italy could be pulled into the World Trade Organization (WTO) cases surrounding alleged illegal subsidies for Airbus and Boeing, hinted a spokeswoman for the European Commission, whose lawyers were investigating if alleged Italian government support for Alenia was used indirectly for the Boeing 7E7. Alenia is a major supplier in the program and has been awarded construction of the rear fuselage section. The spokeswoman also said the EC has not yet asked Italy to withdraw the support. "But it is on our minds," she added.
European carriers Air France-KLM and easyJet posted traffic gains last month, while SAS's traffic remained flat, leading the carrier to predict higher costs as a result of an already inked labor deal.
