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.
Backed by relatively good news from two of the three biggest European airlines, shares of major European carriers surged yesterday, showing that investors are increasingly confident about the sector's outlook. On Tuesday, British Airways reported solid traffic figures for December and a relatively optimistic outlook for 2004 with regard to premium travel. On Wednesday, Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber said the company had reached its breakeven goal for 2003; financial results will be published by the end of March.
French tour operators say they will use other charter airlines for services between France and Egypt, following last Saturday's crash of a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 shortly after takeoff near Sharm al-Sheikh, on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
An ambitious expansion focusing on the Baltics and Northern Europe is the strategy that the SAS Group's top executives believe will be the key to further strengthening the Scandinavian concern as the fourth largest European player behind Air France-KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa German Airlines.
