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.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh said that “on balance,” it is “probably a good thing” that Etihad Airways is investing in Alitalia. “Alitalia was not going to go disappear,” Walsh told investors at the IAG Capital Markets Day on Friday, “there would have been an Italian solution to an Italian problem.”
International Airlines Group (IAG) expects to grow capacity 3-4% annually in the 2016-2020 time frame, but says it has great flexibility in its fleet plan should it wish to accelerate or slow down the rate. The parent of British Airways (BA), Iberia, Iberia Express, and Vueling told investors on Friday that it is preparing to pay dividends for the first time since the group was created from 2015. The dividend will amount to a payout of 25% of after-tax profit, according to CFO Enrique Dupuy, who added, “2015 will be the trigger.”
