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.
KLM and Air France are expected to announce a far-flung alliance including a share swap later this week, industry sources said yesterday (DAILY, Sept. 15).
German charter and low-fare carrier Air Berlin expects to reach breakeven in the current fiscal year. The airline hopes to carry 8.2 million passengers, Managing Director Joachim Hunold said. Fifty percent of revenues come from charter operations, and the rest from the low-fare network.
KLM and Air France are in very advanced negotiations over an alliance deal that would put the SkyTeam alliance on a par with the Star Alliance, one big step toward consolidation of the European airline sector. KLM, however, declined to comment on a report in French daily L'Agefi that the two companies were planning to announce an outright merger this week.
