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 plans to cut 1,500 additional jobs on top of the 3,000 announced earlier this year, as the airline's traffic and financial results show no sign of substantial improvement.
Swiss International Air Lines will cut about 3,000 jobs and remove 34 aircraft from the fleet to survive the air travel slump and adjust its business plan to market realities (DAILY, June 24). The airline will cut capacity 35%, beginning with the winter timetable, and wants to open all wage contracts for renegotiation. It will also try to cut annual costs by CHF1.6 billion (US$1.2 billion).
