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.
For Air Berlin, the clock has started ticking. Its equity has been reduced to €308 million ($443 million) from €505 million at the end of 2010, and its very survival is at stake.
Austrian Airlines will not reach its target to achieve an operating profit this year, Chairman Stefan Lauer said on Monday. Lauer is also a member of Lufthansa Group’s executive board and oversees the company’s airline affiliates. Austrian has been undergoing a tough restructuring program, but high fuel prices and a collapse in demand in some of its key markets, such as the Middle East, are making the turnaround even more difficult. Austrian lost €64 million ($92 million) on €949 million in sales in the first half of 2011.
Ilyushin Finance has finalized a deal for Russian MS-21 narrowbodies and also opted to power the aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PW1400G geared turbofan engines. The order, announced at the Moscow Air Show (MAKS), is firm for 28 MS-21-300s, with options for 22 more. The list price for the deal is $2.2 billion. Deliveries are slated to take place between 2019 and 2022.
