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.
Berlin Airports’ board of directors is expected to announce a further delay to the opening of Berlin Brandenburg International Airport following an extraordinary meeting scheduled for Friday. Matthias Platzeck, the prime minister of the State of Brandenburg and co-chairman of the airport operator, yesterday indicated that the new facility will not be opened until October 2013, about two years later than originally envisioned. This latest delay follows a review of the facility by recently appointed Chief Operating Officer Horst Amann.
Airbus has unveiled five measures it says will make the aviation industry environmentally sustainable by 2050 despite projected growth for global air transport. In its “Future by Airbus” vision, the manufacturer describes how an optimized air traffic management system alone would help reduce average flight times by 13 min. within the European Union or the U.S. This projection does not include any air traffic management initiatives that could be developed in the coming decades.
EADS has added two Airbus managers, Chief Operating Officer Guenther Butschek and Chief Operating Officer Customers John Leahy, to the company’s executive committee. The appointments represent further integration of Airbus and its parent company, although fully merging the two entities is not foreseen.
