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.
The March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid only minimally affected demand for air travel, Iberia said Friday. Spain's biggest airline saw a temporary drop in demand on domestic and medium-haul routes. In the first quarter, traffic was up 13.4% on 10.4% more capacity. The load factor improved 1.9 percentage points to 73.9%. The results are significant because Iberia is much less dependent on Asian and Middle Eastern travel, where traffic suffered most in early 2003 as a result of the SARS pneumonia outbreak and the Iraq war.
KLM expects to make a significant net profit in fiscal 2004, the airline said yesterday, thanks to improved traffic and the initial results of its cost-cutting program.
Italian domestic airline Air One will add three daily roundtrips from Trieste to Rome and Naples on June 1. The airline hopes that the admission of neighboring Slovenia to the European Union will lead to increased demand for travel in the region. Trieste is near the Italian-Slovenian border. Air One flies 27 Boeing 737s and has seen passenger numbers rise 20% to five million in 2003. The airline expects traffic to grow another 20% in 2004 and has been emerging as Alitalia's fiercest domestic rival.
