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.
Lufthansa German Airlines' top executives are scrutinizing mounting financial losses at tourism affiliate Thomas Cook in preparation for a recovery plan they anticipate implementing soon. It could involve an all-new strategy to meet demands of an evolving market. Retail giant KarstadtQuelle and Lufthansa each own 50% of Thomas Cook.
Lufthansa's recently launched reorganization of its continental European flight operations, aiming to cut around EUR300 million in costs during the next two years, will result in major changes in fleet use, capacity and productivity.
The SAS Group started its slow corporate turnaround with somewhat improved financial and traffic figures for the third quarter of 2003, including a profit of SEK699 million (US$89 million) in the third quarter.
