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.
Qatar Airways says it has converted the vast majority of an earlier order for Airbus A350-800s into commitments for the A350-1000, confirming expectations from last month’s decision to drop -800 orders in favor of a larger variant. With the change, Qatar Airways will now take 43 A350-900s, instead of 40, and 37 -1000s, instead of 20.
In a long-expected move, Gulf Air CEO Samer Majali has resigned his position but will stay until the end of the year while the Bahraini carrier finds a successor. The airline did not elaborate on Majali’s reasons for leaving, but industry sources tell Aviation Week he has disagreed with the carrier’s new board of directors over future strategy plans.
