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.
Song, Delta's new low-fare subsidiary, can double or triple in size over the next few years, Delta's President and Chief Operating Officer Fred Reid said at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium. The carrier will be built up to 36 aircraft initially. According to Reid, "Song might evolve into a model for all of our domestic operation. A lot of procedures will move into mainline." He highlighted features such as staffing levels, cleaning and self check-in as possible items to be transferred. -JF
KLM reported a much-widened loss of EUR416 million (US$478 million) in its Fiscal Year 2002/03 ended March 31, as the airline was hit by the traffic downturn and the effects of the Iraq war. The carrier is facing increased pressure to sort out its strategic position and cut costs, while being expected to decide on which alliance to join.
All U.S. domestic flights will have a single-class service only in a few years, American Trans Air Chairman and CEO George Mikelsons believes. Mikelsons said at this week's Phoenix Aviation Symposium that an operating model such as Delta's new low-fare subsidiary Song "may well become the mainstay" in the industry. He also predicted a segmentation of domestic and international services with a growing market for BBJ-type all-business services.
