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 plans to cut around 10,000 jobs in the next four years and will sell up to six of its plants as part of the Power 8 restructuring plan announced yesterday. Power 8 aims to cut costs by EUR2.1 billion annually from 2010 onwards and improve cash flow in the 2006-2010 period by EUR5 billion, part of an overall package aimed at transforming Airbus into an integrated company.
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
