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.
There seems to be only one sure thing about the future for low-fare carriers, particularly in the U.S. and Europe—their ranks will be thinned. But by just how much is not yet clear.
Lufthansa is making an audacious play to become the world’s biggest airline, having set in motion a series of acquisitions that would fundamentally reshape not just the carrier’s structure, but the entire European airline landscape.
There’s a new game in town among European low-fare airlines: Find a partner to strengthen the business. Although that’s not the sole response to current financial problems, an increasing number of low-fare carriers— particularly those in the second tier—appear resigned to the fact that they can’t make it alone.
