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.
Lufthansa finds itself in a race against time as it hopes to find a last-minute agreement with the European Commission on the takeover of Austrian Airlines. The takeover offer for Austrian’s current shareholders expires on Friday. Negotiators were still trying to sort out differences on how the commission’s demands on concessions could be met. Some industry sources said an agreement could come as early as Tuesday, but others said that was still very uncertain.
MTU Aero Engines saw its net profit fall by more than 30% in the first six months of 2009 as the company spent more on research and development and experienced some weakness in its OEM business. MTU reached a net profit of €55.7 million (US$79.2 million) on €1.38 million in sales. Revenues were up 10%, but that was largely due to a relative strengthening of the U.S. dollar. Without the currency effect, sales would have been down 2%.
