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.
Airlines have been in survival mode since the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008. But with signs that the world economy is entering a slow, sustained upswing, the industry is making bold moves that could lead to another order boom for widebody aircraft.
Russian airline Aeroflot has begun to replace its first 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jets with another batch of the same type, this time in the so-called full specification. The first of the new SSJ100s, RA-89014, was delivered to the airline by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) on May 31.
