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.
Embattled Swiss International Air Lines is taking drastic steps to shore up its finances, banning all avoidable investment and cutting its big Embraer regional jet order by more than half.
KLM and TAM Brazil are expanding their code-sharing alliance to the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paolo route. The service connects to KLM's five weekly flights between Sao Paolo and Amsterdam. KLM and TAM also code share on the Sao Paolo-Buenos Aires route. -JF
British Airways dismissed rumors about job cuts and a possible merger with KLM yesterday and also told The DAILY it would give its reaction to the Iraq war toward the end of the week. The company, referring to a report in The Independent about plans to cut an additional 3,000 jobs as a result of traffic downturn, dismissed the report as "speculation."
