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.
European regional airlines are deepening their relationships with major carriers and face further consolidation among themselves as they struggle to remain profitable.
The Star Alliance plans to launch its new, online communication link between member airlines' computer systems starting in October. The system, dubbed StarNet, is intended to act as a translator between the alliance's 13 members and their respective information technology systems. While today airlines have only very limited access to each others' passenger and operational data, Star believes it can greatly enhance passenger service by establishing links that would make the introduction of new computer systems unnecessary.
With delays in European air traffic worsening again, the European Commission and industry are fine-tuning a set of measures intended to lead to implementation of a single European sky within the next five years. A high-level working group initiated by EC Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio is scheduled to meet for the last time later this month in an effort to agree on how to proceed with reforming the European ATC system. The most important issue still unresolved is the question of what entity will take on the regulatory role on a European level.
