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 SkyTeam alliance is considering Kenya Airways and Malaysian Airlines as future members, airline sources told The DAILY on the sidelines of the alliance governing board meeting in Seoul. One executive stated that adding Malaysian was "absolutely obvious" as it entertains links with future member KLM. Also, Kenya Airways could extend the group's network into Africa through the status of associate members. Kenya Airways is 26% owned by KLM. Star Alliance said last week it would add South African Airways (SAA). -JF
Air France Chairman and CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta warned that the airline will post lower profits if fuel prices remain high. The carrier's earlier outlook for the year, which would have seen the company reach a "strong improvement" in earnings, was based on a price of $33 per barrel. "When the market price is more than $40, we have negative consequences," Spinetta said in Singapore. He now anticipates "some improvement" in operating profit for the fiscal year.
