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.
International Airline Group CEO Willie Walsh said on Monday that British Airways and Iberia will be “the first two airlines in IAG, but they won’t be the last." IAG shares were traded for the first time at the stock exchanges in London, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia in the last step of the merger of British Airways and Iberia. Shares rose by more than 2% in morning trading and stood at 286,61 pence at 1:30 GMT.
Virgin America will soon begin talks with Pratt & Whitney and CFM International to determine the powerplant for its Airbus A320 New Engine Option (NEO) narrowbodies.
