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.
Air France posted a EUR100 million (US$119 million) second-quarter operating profit, 28.1% off last year's pace but hopes its new inflight product will help cut unit costs 6% in the next three years to adapt to the lower-yield market environment.
Lufthansa Cargo is "shifting focus on market share and volume, rather than yields and prices," board member Andreas Otto told journalists in Frankfurt.
Boeing is talking to Cathay Pacific, EVA Airways, Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa about offering the 747 Advanced, a slightly stretched version of the current 747-400, reports Kenneth Hiebert, a regional marketing director at the Commercial Airplanes Group.
