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 TAM Brazil are expanding their code-sharing alliance to the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paolo route. The service connects to KLM's five weekly flights between Sao Paolo and Amsterdam. KLM and TAM also code share on the Sao Paolo-Buenos Aires route. -JF
British Airways dismissed rumors about job cuts and a possible merger with KLM yesterday and also told The DAILY it would give its reaction to the Iraq war toward the end of the week. The company, referring to a report in The Independent about plans to cut an additional 3,000 jobs as a result of traffic downturn, dismissed the report as "speculation."
Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Juergen Weber hopes that the airline could emerge stronger than many of its competitors once the Iraq war ends. The company posted strong 2002 results, but doesn't expect similar profits this year, and has now decided on a range of cost cuts to cope with the Iraq war. Apart from internal savings, Lufthansa might cut frequencies and aircraft size where demand is low, but Deputy Chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber stressed it will try to keep the network intact and not pare destinations.
