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.
Both carriers enjoy a particularly strong windfall profit: Emirates has no oil-price hedging in place and therefore has seen an immediate benefit from the recent fall in prices.
New leadership is in place at Air Berlin, where hopes are high that CEO Stefan Pichler will be able to guide the airline back to profitability after years of decline.
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark says he will use upcoming meetings with U.S. government officials to raise numerous examples of how U.S. airlines have benefited from government support in his response to claims about the subsidization of Gulf carriers.
