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.
Lufthansa could publish preliminary results along with a dividend payment announcement this week, the German financial community believes. Analysts expect the airline to post an operating profit of more than EUR300 million (US$396 million) and a net profit. The airline is scheduled to announce its financial figures on March 23. The supervisory board is expected shortly to approve of a new five-year contract for CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, who took over the airline in 2003. -JF
The German low-fare carrier market is quickly moving toward more consolidation, after DBA and Germania Express (Gexx) announced a merger that will see Gexx vanish as a separate entity by the end of March.
Lufthansa is considering filing for damages for costs incurred in Wednesday's chaotic morning traffic at Frankfurt Airport. The airline had to cancel 75 flights at its main hub and stood by as more than 300 additional services were delayed after the airport shut down for about one hour as a security measure surrounding the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Germany.
