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.
Globally, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 2011 to be much tougher for airlines than last year as fuel costs continue to rise and added capacity is beginning to affect load factors and yields. IATA predicts a combined industry profit of $9.1 billion for 2011, which is equivalent to a margin of just 1.5%. Director General/CEO Giovanni Bisignani believes airlines will be burdened with $17 billion more in fuel costs and can no longer expect the strong improvement in average yields experienced in 2010.
Bolstering efforts to develop connecting traffic through Tel Aviv, El Al Israel Airlines hopes it can leave behind its isolation in the industry by setting up more partnerships.
