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.
Questions about the SAS Group’s ability to survive on its own have become increasingly urgent after the airline posted a SEK2 billion ($259 million) loss in the third quarter.
More liberal regulation of night flights at and the expansion of Frankfurt Airport have become more likely after the dramatic last-minute failure of Social Democrats to organize a majority for a new government in Germany’s state of Hesse. Conservative Acting Prime Minister Roland Koch (Christian Democrats) will resume negotiations with other parties to find alternative coalitions, but early elections in the state are the most likely outcome.
Ryanair’s first-half profits were down by almost half, as Europe’s largest low-fare airline continued to expand in spite of high fuel prices and a slowing economy. The airline expects to break even in its full Fiscal Year 2009, which ends March 31, 2009, and CEO Michael O’Leary expects profits to “rebound strongly” next year.
