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.
Iberia plans to pay a dividend of EUR0.03 a share for Fiscal Year 2003. Shareholders will receive the dividend on July 6. Iberia, one of the few consistently profitable European carriers in the past few years, went through a significant transformation that included full privatization. Separately, the airline this week took delivery of its 59th Airbus A320, the 100th Airbus aircraft since March 1981. In addition to the A320s, Iberia currently operates four A319s, nine A321s, 18 A340-300s and three A340-600s. -JF
Swiss will introduce an all-premium Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) service on the Zurich-New York route under the PrivatAir livery. The airline said yesterday that by moving ahead with the plan it is following market demand. The aircraft will be configured with 56 lie-flat business-class seats. Swiss will deploy four flight attendants for the service.
Aeroflot und Finnair will start code-sharing on the Helsinki-Moscow route. Each of the airline offers one daily service using Airbus A320 series aircraft. "The Finnair growth strategy has proceeded according to plan in Asia, the Baltics and Scandinavia," Finnair CEO Keijo Suila said. "We also see substantial possibilities for business development in Russia." The two carriers started cooperating in June, when Aeroflot became the second-largest outside customer for Finnair Technical Services. -JF
