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.
EasyJet, Europe's second-largest, low-fare airline, plans to expand its presence significantly in Germany, where it will compete with rival low-cost carriers Germanwings, Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX) and its sister carrier, Hapag-Lloyd.
SAS's traffic was up 1.4% in January, but the airline described the development of average yields as being "somewhat worrying." The carrier will disclose yield figures for January next month, but average fares in December dropped 2.4%. SAS increased capacity 0.1% and the load factor improved 0.7 points to 56.1%, well below industry average. European traffic was up 6.5%, but intra-Scandinavian demand was down 3.5% despite steep fare cuts on domestic routes. -JF
Lufthansa Cargo and DHL will fly joint long-haul services, beginning this summer. Under the new joint arrangement, Lufthansa Cargo will deploy the equivalent of seven MD-11 freighters on five new routes from Europe to the U.S. and Asia. The deal gives Lufthansa Cargo substantial long-term capacity utilization, while DHL can significantly boost its long-haul capacity without incurring additional capital costs. Lufthansa Cargo will fly four to five weekly rotations on East Midlands-Cincinnati-East Midlands, Brussels-New York-Brussels, Colo-
