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.
Emirates plans to use all of the 22 new aircraft due for delivery next year to grow the airline further, and is not considering phasing out older aircraft to reduce capacity, President Tim Clark told The DAILY. In spite of the current financial crisis, Emirates has found financing for all of its aircraft purchases until March of 2010. It will take delivery of eight Airbus A380s and 14 Boeing 777s next year, although the exact schedule remains to be fixed as the effects of the A380 production delay and the Boeing strike become clearer.
The European Aviation Safety Agency last week issued the type certificate for the Eclipse 500 very light jet. The aircraft is certified for private flights and an additional approval process for commercial operations is still ongoing. The aircraft can now be registered in all European Union countries plus Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway.
TAP Portugal expects its fuel bill to rise by EUR250 million (US$312 million) to beyond EUR700 million this year, CEO Fernando Pinto said in an interview. But the carrier also anticipates a big relief in 2009, when it has budgeted less than EUR500 million for fuel as prices have fallen sharply in the past three months. Pinto believes that TAP will still post a loss in 2009, albeit smaller than this year’s. In the first eight months, the airline lost about EUR133 million.
