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.
EasyJet recorded a drop of 2.2 points in its monthly load factor in December as the airline filled 78.9% of its seats. The latest figures caused an initial 8.4% drop in its share price, the sharpest decline in almost two years. EasyJet introduced extra charges on checked baggage recently, and Chris Avery, a JP Morgan airline analyst, believes that may have deterred some demand. Passenger numbers for the month were up 9.9.%.
Three potential bidders are emerging for the Airbus interiors plant in Laupheim, Germany. German financial daily Handelsblatt reports Zodiac, Diehl Aerospace and Kafer are still in the race for the fourth German Airbus site to be sold. Airbus declined to comment. Late last year, Airbus opted to sell its facilities in Varel, Nordenham and Augsburg to OHB Technology, a Bremen-based space specialist. OHB expects to close the transaction before the end of the first quarter.
The second Airbus A380 could be delivered by the end of this week, company sources told The DAILY. The aircraft is tentatively planned to be handed over to Singapore Airlines on Friday, although that could still slip by a day or two. Singapore Airlines is operating its first A380 on a daily Singapore-Sydney roundtrip, but plans to introduce it on the London route once it has enough aircraft for a daily service.
