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.
Investigators into the crash of Air France Flight 447 have located and recovered the memory unit of the aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR). The unit was brought onboard the Ile de Sein search vessel on Sunday afternoon local time. Jean-Paul Troadec, head of French accident investigation bureau BEA, said the piece was “in good shape.” Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200, crashed in the Atlantic on June 1, 2009, off the Brazilian coast. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on board.
The European Commission says it is ready to explore with the U.S. how to expand the scope of a new aviation safety agreement and wants issues such as flight crew licensing and aircraft operations to be included rapidly. The agreement on cooperation in the regulation of safety between the European Union and the U.S. went into effect on Sunday.
Qatar Airways plans to close the deal to acquire a minority stake in Cargolux “in the next few weeks,” according to CEO Akbar Al Baker. “Qatar Airways would like to expand, and I have always said that we would be interested in other airlines if they are healthy and add value,” Al Baker said in Dubai.
