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.
The CEOs of nine European airlines and aerospace companies have sent letters to the prime ministers of France, the U.K. and Spain and to Germany’s chancellor urging for a negotiated settlement of the conflict surrounding the European Union emissions trading system (EU ETS). The group includes Airbus, Air France, Iberia, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air Berlin, Lufthansa, MTU Aero Engines and Safran. “The aim must be to find a compromise solution and to have these punitive trade measures stopped before it is too late,” the CEOs demand.
