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.
The Austrian Airlines Group posted a EUR19 million (US$21.7 million) pre-tax loss in the third quarter, underscoring how far the company still has to go in achieving a turnaround. Revenues dropped 10.1% to EUR1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) in the period, but costs were down only 8.1%. Austrian's operating results were negative, too, at a loss of EUR7.5 million (US$8.5 million), compared to a profit of EUR61.8 million last year.
German low-fare airline DBA (formerly Deutsche BA) expects to post a loss ranging from EUR30 million-EUR35 million (US$34 million-US$40 million) for the 2003/2004 fiscal year ending March 31, 2004. Hans Rudolf Woehrl, DBA's new owner, said the airline is likely to cut losses in half from last year's EUR64 million, and also said the airline could be profitable in 2004/05, a year earlier than anticipated.
Stefan Pichler, CEO, and Norbert Kickum, CFO, at struggling European tourism giant Thomas Cook were forced to resign on Thursday following a crisis meeting of the company's supervisory board.
