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.
Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Juergen Weber hopes that the airline could emerge stronger than many of its competitors once the Iraq war ends. The company posted strong 2002 results, but doesn't expect similar profits this year, and has now decided on a range of cost cuts to cope with the Iraq war. Apart from internal savings, Lufthansa might cut frequencies and aircraft size where demand is low, but Deputy Chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber stressed it will try to keep the network intact and not pare destinations.
The European Council on Friday spoke up in favor of a joint European Union-U.S. open-skies agreement. After a meeting of EU heads of state, finance and foreign ministers, the EU Council urged the Council of Transport Ministers to accelerate its work so as to give a mandate to the European Commission to negotiate an open-skies agreement with the U.S. "There are areas where Europe can still work together," U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
KLM had the strongest reaction to the start of war in Iraq among European carriers, as it reduced total capacity 7% and suspended services to almost all its Middle Eastern destinations. From March 24 to April 13, KLM will cancel all flights to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Damman, Doha and Kuwait, while keeping Dubai and Tehran for the time being. The airline will reduce frequencies to Cairo, Casablanca and Tripolis.
