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.
Hungary's new low-fare airline Wizz Air expects to post an operating profit in its second financial year, CEO Joszef Varadi told The DAILY on the sidelines of the Berlin Air Show, and he predicted his carrier will likely break even in the first year or incur a small loss.
Virgin Atlantic Airways posted a GBP20.9 million profit (US$37 million) for the 10 months ended Feb. 29 on sales of GBP1.27 billion ($2.25 billion). The figures compare with a profit of GBP15.7 million on sales of GBP1.4 billion in the previous financial year. Virgin Atlantic had to change its fiscal year from ending in April to February to conform with that of its shareholders, Virgin Group and Singapore Airlines.
Lufthansa upped its outlook for the 2004 fiscal year after improving its first-quarter results, which were broadly in line with analysts' expectations. "We expect to improve our operating result significantly and again post a positive net result in 2004," the airline said. CFO Karl-Ludwig Kley said in a conference call Lufthansa expects an operating profit of EUR300 million (US$354 million) for the year.
