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.
Air France plans to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 in April 2007, the airline reported yesterday and will initially fly the plane to North America. Three of the 10 A380s on firm order will join the fleet in the spring of 2007. The A380s will initially operate between Paris and New York as well as Montreal. Tokyo and Beijing will see A380 service in the summer of 2008. In addition to the 10 firm orders, Air France holds options for four more aircraft. The first A380 will be officially rolled out on Jan. 18 in Toulouse.
Germanwings expects to grow revenues and profits in 2005 as the airline expands its fleet to 20 aircraft in the next few weeks. The airline anticipates a 45% rise in passenger numbers to about 5 million. Also revenues are expected to increase from EUR245 million in 2004 to beyond 300 million this year. The airline said it made an operating profit in 2004, but it declined to specify further.
Airbus on Friday declined comment on a report about a significant production increase in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The wire report quoted an unidentified official saying the manufacturer planned to increase production by 15% to 370 aircraft in 2005. Next year, deliveries are expected to rise to 440 units and to further increase to 465 in 2007. The production boost would be stronger than the one planned at Boeing, which hopes for 320 deliveries in 2005, up 12%.
