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 Concorde is nearing the end of its life in service as British Airways announced it will retire its Concorde fleet at the end of the summer timetable on October 31, and Air France will stop its Concorde services on May 31. France's flag carrier will also retire its fleet on October 31. BA plans to operate a daily London-New York service over the summer period, in addition to its seasonal service to Barbados.
Lufthansa Cargo Chairman Jean-Peter Jansen said yesterday the company is beginning to feel the negative economic effect of the Iraq war, and although the cargo division is faring better than the passenger airline, declined to give and guidance for the year 2003.
Europe's largest no-frills carrier, EasyJet, expects its loss in the first half of its financial year will be "exacerbated by the timing of Easter and the weakness in fares." The airline said it couldn't give any clear guidance for the full year for "at least several months" because it is unclear how fares and traffic will develop over the summer months. The first half of easyJet's financial year ended in March. In the first six months of fiscal 2002, EasyJet recorded a pre-tax profit of GBP1 million for the first time in its history.
