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.
Ryanair last Friday started six new routes from its Stockholm Skavsta base. The airline will fly to Aarhus, Oslo, Tampere, Lubeck, Glasgow and Paris (Beauvais). Ryanair, which already flies to Frankfurt Hahn and London, said the two initial Stockholm routes have been "hugely successful." Ryanair plans to carry more than 1.5 million passengers in the first year from and to Stockholm.
British Airways CEO Rod Eddington is cautious about adding new members to the oneworld alliance, telling the Swiss-British Chamber of Commerce in Zurich last week that BA's focus is "not on admitting new members to oneworld." The statement is the latest indication that Swiss International Air Lines' plan to join the alliance is far off in the future and may never happen. -JF
The fall in revenues and forward bookings due to the Iraq war are "in line with company expectations," British Airways said last week, as passenger traffic fell 6.5% on 3.1% less capacity in the first quarter. The carrier's load factor deteriorated by 2.5 points to 69.5%.
