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.
British Airways will suspend five routes, among them four within Europe, in the coming winter timetable. The airline will discontinue services from London Gatwick to Bremen, Brussels and Dusseldorf as well as from London Heathrow to Zagreb, Croatia. Also, it will no longer fly to San Diego as of Oct. 26.
Lufthansa's passenger traffic was up 1.2% in the first six months of the year, a sign that recovery in European air travel is still slow. The carrier increased capacity 3.8%, leading to a 71.9% load factor, 1.9 points below last year's level. Europe and the transatlantic market grew 3.2 points and 6.5%, but Asia was down 8.9%. -JF
The European Commission cleared insurance guarantees given by nine governments to their respective airlines after the Sept. 11 attacks, saying aid packages in Spain, France, Greece, the U.K., the Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark were legal. Private insurers refused to cover the risks following the terrorist attacks. -JF
