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.
Swiss International Air Lines posted a CHF980 million (US$719 million) loss for Fiscal Year 2002, reflecting the company's startup expenses and a massively deteriorating air travel market in the fourth quarter. The company was ahead of its own business plan, released early in 2003, however. Swiss shares rose 25% last Friday on the news, indicating the market had expected even worse figures, but the stock has lost more than 80% of its value since Swiss was founded.
Airbus Industrie will be "pushing for more than savings," as the aerospace industry faces its worst crisis in decades, the consortium's CEO Noel Forgeard said at the Aviation Week Toulouse Symposium.
Air France plans to grow capacity only cautiously in the upcoming summer timetable, the airline's VP Europe, Etienne Rachou, said at the International Tourism Exchange (ITB) in Berlin. Air France will add 1.8% in capacity overall, with large variations in different markets (DAILY, Feb. 28). On the long-haul side, "we will protect our strategic priorities," Rachou said. The airline therefore plans to offer 11% more capacity to Asia and 38% more to Africa, while other regions will be much below these levels.
