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.
Italian domestic airline Air One will add three daily roundtrips from Trieste to Rome and Naples on June 1. The airline hopes that the admission of neighboring Slovenia to the European Union will lead to increased demand for travel in the region. Trieste is near the Italian-Slovenian border. Air One flies 27 Boeing 737s and has seen passenger numbers rise 20% to five million in 2003. The airline expects traffic to grow another 20% in 2004 and has been emerging as Alitalia's fiercest domestic rival.
Struggling national carrier Alitalia may get long-awaited help from the Italian government, which is considering tax cuts and funding the carrier's layoff costs to keep the airline afloat. The move, which would apply to all Italian airlines to preclude violating European competition legislation, would save Alitalia EUR120 million annually, according to Labor Minister Roberto Maroni.
