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.
Low-fare airlines Germanwings and BMIbaby will display each other’s flights on their respective Web sites. Germanwings will start offering services to Manchester from its Cologne/Bonn base next Sunday from where BMIbaby has several flights. Germanwings hopes to promote its Cologne/Bonn service to BMIbaby passengers in return. Both airlines are part of the Lufthansa group, although Lufthansa has privately indicated it plans to sell the British unit.
Lufthansa is targeting a 40% cut to unit costs in its European non-hub operations in order to bring the segment above the breakeven line. Company sources tell The DAILY the carrier is working on sweeping changes to the way it operates its European mainline and regional network. Those executives rule out one option that has been discussed previously: Lufthansa will not transfer the segment to its low-cost affiliate Germanwings. The airlines officially had no comment.
Icelandair will add 10% to its capacity in the next summer timetable. The airline will introduce another Boeing 757 to its scheduled fleet, which will then make up 10 aircraft. The carrier is also launching services to two new destinations, Brussels, Belgium, and Trondheim, Norway. The number of weekly services will increase from 140 to 155. “We believe that the attention Iceland has gained internationally recently and the low exchange rate of the Icelandic crown create opportunities in several markets,“ said CEO Birkir Holm Gudnason.
