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.
Alitalia and its new local rival Lufthansa Italia are both struggling to reach financial viability, but they have plans in place to grow as the Italian economy recovers. Alitalia is making gains, slowly. Its main performance metrics show improvement, but it is still suffering deep losses.Industry sources say management may be forced to ask shareholders for another cash infusion to finance the carrier’s ongoing operations until it returns to profitability, but CEO Rocco Sabelli denies this.
SAS Group seems a step closer to its long-awaited sale to a strategic investor following CEO Mats Jansson’s announcement of his retirement by year-end. “The time feels right for a new president and CEO to take over and continue to further strengthen SAS’s competitiveness and secure its profitable growth,” Jansson said in a statement.
Air Mauritius expects to post an operating profit in 2010 despite a significant loss in the first quarter. CEO Manoj Ujoodha told the Reuters news agency that the forecast was subject to unchanged trading conditions, including fuel price and a more stable dollar/euro exchange rate.
