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’s pilots say they will go on strike again. German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced on Monday that it has called its members to walk off their jobs on April 13 for four consecutive days.
Emirates and Qatar Airways are pushing aircraft manufacturers for quicker delivery and new models to accelerate their already impressive growth. Speaking to Aviation Week at the ITB travel fair here this month, Emirates President Tim Clark pointed out that the airline would likely buy a stretched version of the Airbus A380 if it became available. Qatar CEO Akbar al-Bakr wants aircraft on order to be delivered faster and is looking at adding more narrowbodies or large regional jets.
Lufthansa Technik believes it will not be able to achieve this year what it reached last year — increasing revenues and profits. The MRO provider’s CEO August Wilhelm Henningsen says it will be difficult to repeat that performance given that airlines are cutting back on capacity and pushing for the lowest possible prices for MRO services. “The airlines are handing on the pressure,” Henningsen points out. Against a shrinking market, Lufthansa Technik managed to increase revenues by 6% to €4 billion ($5.4 billion) in 2009.
