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.
The SAS Group started its slow corporate turnaround with somewhat improved financial and traffic figures for the third quarter of 2003, including a profit of SEK699 million (US$89 million) in the third quarter.
British Airways profits in the second quarter ended Sept. 30 dropped significantly from last year's period as the airline's cost-cutting efforts failed to keep pace with the continuing decline in average revenues. Net profits fell 38% to GBP105 million (US$175 million) for the quarter. While unit costs were down 4.4%, average yields declined 5.9%
The Austrian Airlines Group posted a EUR19 million (US$21.7 million) pre-tax loss in the third quarter, underscoring how far the company still has to go in achieving a turnaround. Revenues dropped 10.1% to EUR1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) in the period, but costs were down only 8.1%. Austrian's operating results were negative, too, at a loss of EUR7.5 million (US$8.5 million), compared to a profit of EUR61.8 million last year.
