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 issued a profit warning on Tuesday saying it no longer expects to exceed last year’s €876 million ($1.2 billion) operating profit. It told the German stock exchange the revision reflects surprisingly weak August travel and forward bookings. It also confirmed it will scale back winter capacity growth plans, but did not go into detail. The airline initially planned to grow by 12%, but cut back to 6% earlier in the year. Its shares dropped by 4% following the announcement.
India is threatening to withdraw traffic rights from Lufthansa subsidiaries Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines, according to documents obtained by Aviation Week.
Airbus is studying ways to increase production of its single-aisle aircraft to as many as 50 aircraft per month, Chief Operating Officer for Customers John Leahy says. Leahy believes the European airframer will soon decide to raise monthly output from the currently planned 42 to 44 and may go even higher. In an interview, Leahy said the 60 units per month Boeing is looking at as part of its longer-term plans are “ridiculous.” Leahy made the comments as part of the release of Airbus’s latest global market forecast.
