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 “Arab spring” revolutions will have “a tremendously positive effect” on air travel in the region eventually, says an officer of the Arab Air Carrier Organization (AACO). Secretary General Abdul Wahhab Teffaha told delegates at Aviation Week’s MRO Middle East conference last week that he expects the transformation from totalitarian regimes to democracies to be “difficult.”
Lufthansa yesterday as expected launched a wide-ranging cost-savings program that is aimed at improving profitability by €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion). Some key points have been presented to senior management of the group’s various divisions, although details have not yet been defined. The savings target is expected to be reached within three years and produce full results for the first time in the 2015 financial year.
