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) is upbeat about the restructuring progress at its struggling subsidiary Iberia. The Spanish airline posted a €74 million ($99 million) operating profit in the third quarter of 2013, which is equivalent to a 6.2% operating margin. “We took the right decisions at Iberia and we are seeing slightly better yield and revenue performance,” IAG CEO Willie Walsh said last week during IAG’s third quarter earnings call.
