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.
Air France needs to significantly alter its safety organization and culture to be able to improve overall safety levels, according to recommendations made by a mandated independent panel of experts.
The European Commission put forward draft legislation to collect data of air passengers traveling to and from the European Union. According to the proposal, 19 data points would be collected. They would made anonymous after 30 days and deleted after five years to address widespread concerns about privacy protection.
Egyptair plans to operate 65 flights on Friday. The first aircraft is to take off at 9 a.m., and operations will be terminated at 7 p.m., in line with the curfew imposed countrywide. Among the services will be 20 flights each to Europe and Middle Eastern destinations, New York, Bangkok and 23 domestic roundtrips. The airline plans to reopen its offices from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. if the curfew continues to be in place. Egyptair was forced to cancel hundreds of flights in the past few days as a result of the curfew.
