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.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) urged the European Commission to "propose a modification of the current slot regulation, which would facilitate capacity reductions."
Swiss International Air Lines will further cut capacity as travel demand declines in the wake of the SARS pneumonia and the war in Iraq. Swiss will reduce frequencies from Zurich to Beijing, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Boston Washington, Cairo, Dar es-Salaam and Nairobi. The airline will also reduce aircraft size on a large number of European services and cancel mid-day flights from Basel to Dusseldorf, Munich, Manchester, London-City and Barcelona.
