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.
ATR’s largest customer, lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), wants the manufacturer to develop a proposed 90-seat turboprop. NAC Chairman Martin Moeller, speaking yesterday on the sidelines of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) annual general assembly in Salzburg, Austria, said, “When we talk to airlines, we see a lot of demand [for such an aircraft]. It is about time.” Moeller added that ATR’s CEO Filippo Bagnato “is understating the demand for the 90-seater.”
Air Malta is on track to meet its restructuring plan’s goals and will break-even next year, the airline’s CEO Peter Davies told Aviation Week yesterday on the sidelines of the European Regions Airline Association annual general assembly in Salzburg, Austria. The airline, which was on the brink of collapse before being rescued by a government loan, expects to close the fiscal year ending in March 2014 with only a small loss of around €3 million ($4 million). That comes after losses of €13 million and €30 million in the previous two financial years.
