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 is taking over TUIfly’s business traveler-oriented European city network, effective with the winter timetable. The airline will wet-lease 13 of TUIfly’s Boeing 737s for 10 years and deploy them on seven domestic and a total of 117 routes to European destinations. Air Berlin’s CEO Joachim Hunold says the deal significantly strengthens Air Berlin’s standing as an airline with an increasing focus on business travelers.
Lufthansa is increasing frequencies on its Frankfurt-Abuha, Nigeria, route from four times weekly to daily in the coming winter timetable. The route will also be extended to Malabo, (Equatorial Guinea, three times weekly) and Port Harcourt, Nigeria, (four times weekly). Lufthansa had to stop Port Harcourt services three years ago when the airport was closed. The airline will deploy Airbus A340-600s, -300s and A330-300s on the routes depending on demand.
Growing numbers of airlines are starting to fall behind on payment commitments, signaling that even as passenger traffic declines level off, carriers are far from secure.
