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.
SAS Group sold six airport properties to Swedavia for SEK1.7 billion ($300 million) The move is part of the company’s strategy to focus on core activities. The transaction includes hangars, maintenance and repair shops, warehouses and offices at the airports in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo, Sweden. However, there will be no operational changes because SAS will lease the facilities back and will continue to use them as before.
Qatar Airways will defer delivery of the Airbus A380s it has on order while it investigates Airbus’s solution to cracks found inside the aircraft’s wing. Airbus has developed an interim fix for the cracks and is expected to unveil a permanent solution in the coming weeks that will be introduced in the final assembly line from the fourth quarter. Qatar, which has ordered 10 A380s, recently criticized Airbus about modifications for the A350-1000 and the delays in the entire program.
