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.
Air Berlin says it is implementing comprehensive measures to improve its financial standing after reporting a widened loss for the second quarter. The company stated that it will reduce frequencies and suspend some routes for a capacity cut of more than 1 million seats in the second half of the year. Air Berlin admitted, however, that the measures’ effects may not come quickly enough to avoid an operating loss in fiscal 2011.
Copa Airlines Colombia plans to focus its growth on international routes, but will not pull out of the domestic market, President Roberto Junguito told Aviation Week in Bogotá. “We have reduced some capacity, but the idea is to keep a domestic network,” Junguito says.
Avianca-TACA plans to retain strong bilateral alliances outside the Star Alliance, even after it joins the group. CEO Fabio Villegas told Aviation Week that Avianca-TACA will retain its code-share agreement with Spanish airline Iberia even though Star has rival Spanair as a member. Villegas says the exemption was negotiated ahead of the invitation to join the alliance. The decision was due to the fact that Spanair’s network is focused on Barcelona, while Avianca-TACA sees Madrid as its biggest gateway to Europe.
