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.
Closer cooperation between governments and industry, as well as intelligence-based risk assessment, are key cornerstones of future cargo security initiatives, said speakers at the International Air Transport Association’s Avsec World 2010 conference in Frankfurt yesterday.
Lufthansa Chairman Juergen Weber has proposed that CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber become his successor when Weber retires in 2013. “I could not imagine any better solution,” Weber said at a German aviation press club event in Hamburg. Mayrhuber will step down from his CEO job by the end of the year. He cannot move on to become chairman of the Supervisory Board immediately because of corporate governance standards keeping executives from a direct transfer.
Air Berlin managed to increase its operating profit in the third quarter from €118 million ($164.5 million) to €171 million, benefiting from the peak holiday season and Germany’s quick economic recovery. The airline boosted revenues by 27% to €1.24 partly because of higher demand, which was due in part to its inclusion of FlyNiki and the TUIfly city carrier business for the first time. In spite of the improvement, Air Berlin remained in the red for the first nine months, posting a €14 million net loss in the three quarters combined.
