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.
Greece's private regional and mainline carrier Aegean Airlines managed to significantly improve its 2004 financial results, posting a EUR9.4 million (US$12 million) profit, up from EUR6.1 million in 2003. Sales rose by 25.3% to EUR279 million. Aegean operates to 20 destinations, 13 of them in Greece. It recently signed a code-sharing agreement with Lufthansa on routes between Germany and Greece and some beyond markets (DAILY, March 30). -JF
The U.K. and India yesterday agreed to further liberalize the bilateral air services agreement in a phased approach that will boost the number of frequencies allowed between the two countries from 40 to 84 in 18 months.
Finnair plans to phase out its remaining 10 MD-80s by the end of next year, part of a broader plan to reduce fleet complexity and focus on fewer aircraft types. Finnair is one of the oldest McDonnell Douglas operators and still has a fleet of six MD-11s that it uses on long-haul routes. When the MD-80s are gone, the airline will fly 29 Airbus A320 series aircraft and at least 12 Embraer 170s in the European and domestic network. In addition to the 12 170s on firm order, Finnair holds options for eight more. The first 170 will be delivered in the fall.
