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.
Renewed doubts emerged yesterday over whether the SAS Group's cost-cutting program is enough to execute a turnaround, after the company issued a profit warning for 2004. Continued uncertainties about yields and a competitive situation that has shown no improvement since January led SAS to conclude the company's previous goal for full year profits before taxes, capital gains and non-recurring items won't be reached. SAS shares dropped almost 6% following the news.
German regional and low-fare carrier Eurowings plans to phase out the rest of its ATR-42 fleet this summer. The five remaining aircraft will be transferred to Lufthansa affiliate Contact Air, which took delivery of five of the type last year. Eurowings plans to continue operating its 16 ATR-72s for the time being but eventually wants to become a pure jet operator. The Eurowings group has a fleet of 32 jets, among them CRJ-200s, BAe 146s and Airbus A319/320s.
Swiss issued a profit warning, saying current projections suggest the company's business performance could fall short of a breakeven operating result. The airline originally expected at least to reach breakeven this year, after two years of steep losses. Swiss's shares dropped more than 6% following the announcement.
