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.
The launch of Chinese cargo airline Jade Cargo International has now slipped several months, after the joint venture partners -- Lufthansa Cargo, a German foreign investment bank and Shenzhen Airlines -- failed to reach an agreement on what type of aircraft the startup shipper will operate. Airline management had hoped for a February start date to begin scheduled flights, but now that date could be pushed back until the summer, executives at Lufthansa Cargo confirmed.
The SAS Group announced another management shakeup yesterday after the company posted wider losses for the fourth quarter and full year 2004. Executive VP-Airline Strategy Soeren Belin is leaving the company and will be replaced by John Dueholm. The company is still looking for someone to succeed Dueholm in his previous role in the airline support and related businesses units.
Lufthansa's traffic was up 6.8% in January on 2.4% more capacity, the airline said yesterday. While Asia/Pacific remained the strongest growth region with a gain of 16%, traffic was up 0.5% in Europe and 3.1% on transatlantic routes. Load factor rose three percentage points to 73.2%. Lufthansa Cargo's traffic grew 10.5% on 12.8% more capacity. "We anticipated a greater increase in capacity and more demand following the excellent traffic figures released by British Airways and Air France-KLM," HypoVereinsbank analyst Uwe Weinreich said. -JF
