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 yesterday placed an order for 12 Airbus A320 family aircraft. The order includes A320s and A319s in a 180-seat and 156-seat layout, respectively, but the airline declined to give a specific split between the two types. The order also includes 12 options, and deliveries are to start in the summer of 2007. Wizz Air currently operates six leased A320s. -JF
Aeroflot expects profits to narrow in fiscal 2005, as the airline suffers from higher fuel expenses and the grounding of its Ilyushin Il-96 fleet. In the first six months of the year, sales were up from $879 million to $1.04 billion, but net profit fell 17% to $69 million.
Air France-KLM, Europe's largest airline, saw traffic grow by 8.1% in August, reflecting the strong rebound in demand that continued over the summer. The airline added 5.1% in capacity and its load factor consequently improved by 2.4 points to 84.1%. "Air France-KLM in August continued to experience a strong increase in both activity levels and traffic revenues, confirming the positive trend of recent months and booking for the forthcoming months," the airline said in a statement.
