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.
Air Berlin has to look at ways to improve load factors and yields in a difficult environment after its losses increased last year. Yields fell by 2.4% in 2010, said CEO Joachim Hunold. Per-passenger revenues declined by €3, and the load factor dropped by 0.7% despite the rapid economic recovery that benefited other airlines last year.
Martin Gauss, CEO of Malev Hungarian Airlines, has announced his resignation by the end of May. Gauss, who has served in his current role for the past two years, said his decision was caused by a “disagreement over the pay structure” in the company.
The ILA Berlin air show will not be held in June next year. German aerospace industry association BDLI is moving the show to Sept. 11-16, three months later than its usual schedule. BDLI said the decision was made because the Farnborough Air Show and Eurosatory will also take place in the early part of the summer. The delayed opening of Berlin’s new airport, Berlin Brandenburg International, also plays an important role. The airport was planned to become operational this fall, but the opening date has moved to June 2012.
