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.
Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air is launching new routes from Romania, adding 28 weekly frequencies from three Romanian airports. Wizz Air will introduce three weekly flights each from Bucharest to Dortmund, Barcelona, Budapest, London Luton and Rome. Three weekly frequencies are planned for the Arad-Milan route, while Targu Mures gets three weeklies each to Budapest, Barcelona and Rome. All new services will be launched on Jan. 17, except the Targu Mures-Budapest flight, which starts on July 14. -JF
French stock market authority AMF launched an investigation against EADS, following the recent Airbus A380 delays and alleged communication flaws in the case (DAILY, June 20). "The investigation relates to the development of the market in EADS shares and to timing of certain communications to the stock market," EADS said in a statement. AMF is trying to find out whether EADS should have disclosed the recent delays in the A380 production ramp-up earlier than it did. Similar investigations have been made at Airbus's Toulouse offices earlier this month.
Virgin Atlantic's fiscal 2006 profit doubled to nearly GBP42 million, as a strong increase in business-class traffic helped offset the spike in fuel prices. "The launch of the new Upper Class suite helped to attract more premium-paying passengers," the airline said in a statement. The number of business travelers increased 10.1%, while total passenger numbers rose 11% to 4.9 million. For the period ended Feb. 28, the airline's pre-tax profit rose was GBP41.6 million (US$74 million), up from GBP20 million in the last fiscal year.
