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.
European low-fare airline EasyJet will open its next base in Dortmund, Germany, with plans to introduce eight new routes by the end of May and add two markets to its Berlin Schoenefeld base.
Embraer plans to boost delivery numbers this year and next, as the Embraer 170 finally reaches certification and the 100-seat 190 is rolled out on the back of a huge order from JetBlue Airways.
Credit Suisse First Boston yesterday downgraded Ryanair from "outperform" to "underperform," after the company warned its net profits might be 10% below original forecasts (DAILY, Jan. 29). CSFB also reduced its earnings estimates for Ryanair by 18% in 2004 and 35% in 2005. "We feel that confidence has been lost in Ryanair's management and the business model, and it could therefore take two to three sets of robust data reported by the company before this confidence is re-established," CSFB wrote in a research note.
