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.
Emirates saw its net profit drop sharply in the six months ended Sept. 30, the first half of the airline’s 2011-12 fiscal year. The airline posted a $225 million profit, down from $925 million a year earlier, and pointed at “unstable global economic, geopolitical and environmental conditions.”
Lufthansa and International Airlines Group (IAG) are entering exclusive negotiations over the possible sale of BMI, industry sources told Aviation Week yesterday. The step is to be announced as part of IAG’s third-quarter earnings release today, the sources said. The companies did not comment officially. IAG-unit British Airways has shown interest in Lufthansa-owned BMI many times, and so has its local rival, Virgin Atlantic. Sources say that Virgin Atlantic did not make a competitive offer.
The Airports Council International (ACI), concerned that a trade war could break out if the European Union continues down the path of extending its emissions trading system (ETS) to aviation on Jan. 1., this week said that the issues of aircraft emissions should be addressed globally by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
