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 chief executives of Air France and British Airways are expected today to announce plans to end their scheduled Concorde service this year as the flights for both airlines are losing millions of dollars and demand for premium service has plummeted.
Members of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) have lost EUR125 million (US$134 million) in revenues in the first quarter of 2003 due to the Iraq war, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the economic downturn, ERA stated. In the same period, airlines cut about 1,500 jobs.
Lufthansa's first quarter operating loss will be in the range of EUR300 million (US$321 million), according to HypoVereinsbank airline analyst Uwe Weinreich, who downgraded the airline's stock from buy to underperform and revised the price target from EUR16.50 to EUR9.50. Lufthansa's shares traded at EUR8.80 (US$9.43) in the afternoon, up 27 cents. The airline said it expects a significant first quarter operating loss, but it did not give precise figures.
