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.
Airline analysts at Goldman Sachs are concerned that after strong demand for air travel this summer, "2005 may have been the peak year for the European airlines in this cycle." The investment bank wrote in a study this week that "it may get more difficult to offset increasing fuel costs with higher surcharges as hedging expires and supply growth returns."
Darwin Airlines will fly four daily roundtrips between Lugano and Zurich on behalf of Swiss as the result of a wet-lease agreement signed yesterday, part of Swiss' strategy to outsource regional flying to stem losses in the European network. Swiss last week decided to phase out its remaining nine Embraer ERJ-145s and Saab 2000s. Darwin operates a small fleet of ex-Swiss Saab 2000s on regional routes from Lugano, including service to Geneva.
KLM will start a business-only, six times weekly service from Amsterdam to Houston on Oct. 30. A Private Air Boeing 737-700 in a single class, 44-seat layout, will be used to operate the flights. "The great demand for World Business Class capacity on the Amsterdam-Houston route may be primarily attributed to Houston's central role in the oil industry and related sectors," KLM said. The 737 service will operated in addition to the airline's daily Boeing 747-400 non-stop flights.
