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.
PARIS – Airbus is facing much more than just contractual and schedule challenges in its A400M military airlifter program, as the aircraft may need massive re-engineering work to achieve its performance targets.
After signaling this week it would post a third-quarter operating loss, Air France-KLM has now put the negative result at about EUR200 million. Although financial observers speculate that this could presage a full-year operating loss, Air France-KLM insists it’s too early to draw that conclusion. “The objective is to generate a positive operating result,” management said, noting that the financial situation in the coming weeks — particularly in the troubled cargo sector — will determine the bottom line at the end of March.
