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.
Lufthansa, releasing its first-half financial results yesterday, left its 2004 earnings guidance unchanged but said that upside potential almost completely disappeared because of high fuel prices. The airline expects to post a EUR300 million (US$367 million) operating profit for the year, a figure that analysts originally considered conservative. Lufthansa CFO Karl-Ludwig Kley also would not rule out the introduction of a fuel surcharge, as already implemented at rival British Airways. "We are looking at what's possible in the marketplace," he said.
The SAS Group posted a narrow profit in the second quarter and says a profit for the full year would be hard to achieve, as yields in its important intra-Scandinavian and European markets continue their rapid decline.
Lufthansa and Air India announced a code-sharing deal that will include routes between Germany and India, as well as significant beyond traffic. The airlines signed the deal in Delhi, and the cooperation will take effect on Oct. 1.
