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.
Unusual booking patterns are making it more difficult for airlines to gauge actual demand, further complicating efforts to deal with the huge fall in premium traffic and overall declines in passenger numbers and yields. “What people are not doing is booking 30-60-90 days out. They are deciding this week that they are going to go and make the booking and go,” says Airbus Chief Operating Officer for Customers John Leahy.
Daimler CFO Bodo Uebber has been named as new chairman of EADS. Uebber, 47, is to succeed Rüdiger Grube, who will take over the CEO post at Deutsche Bahn railways in May. Uebber has already been a member of EADS’ board of directors. As Grube will leave the body entirely, Wilfried Porth, Daimler’s head of human resources, will join the board as an ordinary member.
