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's traffic improved 14.8% in October, backed by strong demand on its Asian network. The airline expanded total capacity by 14.7%, leading to a 76.2% load factor, up 0.1 percentage point. The airline continued its large-scale expansion into Asia with 23.7% more capacity that was almost entirely sold as demand increased by 23%. Both the Europe and the Americas markets grew slower at 12.8 and 13.9%, respectively. Lufthansa's shares lost 0.85% yesterday. -JF
Strict cost controls helped British Airways achieve a significantly improved net profit in the July-September quarter, but yields were still below expectations, raising concern for the coming winter season. BA shares were down 2.45% in afternoon trading following the results announcement yesterday. It posted a GBP123 million (US$228 million) net profit on GBP2.02 billion (US$3.75 billion) in sales. The profit was up 26% from the comparable 2003 period, which was still reeling from the SARS pneumonia outbreak and the traffic slump following the Iraq war.
