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 expects a “continuing demand weakness” for the remainder of the current year, but still believes it can make a significant profit in the period. The airline reported a significant drop (-10.3%) in first-quarter revenues to €5 billion, but only posted a small, €44 million operating loss, much less than analysts expected.
Qantas Group’s low-fare unit Jetstar is likely to lease more Airbus A330s and may not take 15 Boeing 787-8s, CEO Bruce Buchanan told The DAILY. No firm decisions have yet been made, however, because Jetstar is still reviewing how its long-haul fleet may evolve.
Lufthansa is slowly revising downward its expectations for the financial year 2009. CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber said at the annual shareholder meeting in Cologne that the profit will be significantly below last year’s level, but the company still targets a profit for the year. In March, Lufthansa forecast an operating result below that of 2008 without specifying this further.
