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.
After years of struggling to become established in the market, Italian regional carrier Gandalf Airlines prepared last week to file for bankruptcy. The carrier said it failed to find an investor who would inject fresh equity into the ailing company. In 2002, Gandalf recorded a EUR21 million loss on sales of EUR51 million.
Lufthansa plans to boost its long-haul capacity by 18% for the summer timetable, increasing the frequencies of some existing flights and adding new services.
Lufthansa Cargo and DHL are planning a strategic network alliance that will significantly boost DHL's ambitions in the global parcel express market while positioning the Lufthansa freight affiliate for an expected rebound in world air cargo traffic growth.
