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.
Airbus will have to come up with a convincing A350 proposal by the time of the June Paris Air Show, if the manufacturer wants to keep Qatar Airways as a launch customer.
Iberia's shares dropped more than 5% yesterday after the airline announced worsened results for the December quarter. The airline recorded a EUR9.5 million (US$12.57 million) net loss, up from EUR5.9 million a year earlier. Sales rose 7.8% to EUR1.31 billion (US$1.73 billion). Iberia attributed the losses to higher costs, particularly for fuel. At a news conference, CEO Fernando Conte declined comment on industry speculation that the airline was heading toward a merger with Lufthansa. -JF
Air Berlin managed to make a year of great changes to the company into a financial success and posted a net profit of EUR50 million (US$65.91 million) in 2006, compared with a EUR116 million loss a year earlier.
