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 SAS Group's 11th-hour agreements on new, lower-cost wage deals with most of its unions will contribute almost SEK1.5 billion of SEK14 billion the company plans to save by the end of 2005, in addition to making further layoffs unnecessary (DAILY, March 24).
French regional carrier Airlinair ordered five used ATR 42-500s, to be delivered by the end of the summer for Air France flying from Paris Orly. Airlinair, Europe's second-largest ATR operator behind Eurowings, will boost its fleet from 17 to 21 aircraft. ATR says it has placed 16 used aircraft with new operators this year and has noted a higher level of market activity than in 2003. -JF
European low-fare airlines are examining the pros and cons of forming an alliance. At least two multilateral alliances are already in the negotiation stage and could form the basis for an agreement between the low-fare carriers, similar in many ways to that of the sector's big network players.
