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.
When Ed Winter decided to accept an offer to become CEO of Fastjet, a new highly ambitious low-cost carrier (LCC) for Africa, the challenges seemed clear: infrastructure constraints, taxation and other regulatory issues, low Internet penetration. It was not exactly going to be easy.
Airbus has decided to drop lithium-ion batteries on the A350 program. The company told its customers about the decision, explaining that it wanted to protect the A350 entry-into-service schedule. Airbus sources say the airframer’s concerns did not necessarily center on the technology, but arose mainly from the regulatory uncertainty following the two Boeing 787 incidents. Airbus is worried about late additional compliance criteria that could be introduced by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
