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 European Commission is expected to tentatively block the planned merger of Greek airlines Aegean and Olympic, according to industry sources. The antitrust regulator plans to demand more significant remedies than the ones proposed to pass the deal. The commission launched an in-depth analysis of the case last summer, pointing out that a combined Greek airline would have a very high market share.
Lufthansa last week retired its last Bombardier CRJ200. The aircraft's final scheduled service operated from Oslo to Hamburg. The jet registered D-ACHE was then ferried to Cologne/Bonn Airport to be prepared for sale. Lufthansa's regional subsidiary Lufthansa CityLine operated up to 45 CRJ100/200s and was a key driver behind Bombardier's decision to launch the regional jet in 1989; it was also the first airline to operate the CRJ100 in 1992.
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) placed an order for 12 more Airbus A330-300s. This adds to 20 A330s the GE leasing arm previously ordered. GECAS CEO Norman C.T. Liu said that "a key part of our strategy is to expand our widebody product offerings to satisfy customer demand." Airbus has a total of 482 firm orders for the A330-300 and 556 orders for the A330-200.
