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.
Lufthansa Cargo has decided to reactivate two of its four parked MD-11Fs. One aircraft already is back in service and a second jet is being prepared for operations.
Airbus delivered the 50th Airbus A320 family aircraft to Air Berlin on the sidelines of the ILA Berlin Air Show on Tuesday. The airline placed an order for 60 of the aircraft in 2004 and now has a further 10 pending delivery. In its global market forecast, Airbus expects German airlines to order 1,150 new aircraft in the next 20 years. Among them are 780 narrowbodies, 280 widebodies and 90 A380-size aircraft. To date, Lufthansa has ordered 15 A380s, of which the first was delivered last month and is entering revenue service today with an initial flight to Tokyo.
Economic development ministers from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K., representing Airbus, want to enter negotiations with the U.S. over a comprehensive agreement on large aircraft support. Negotiations are sensible once the preliminary WTO ruling in the case against the U.S. has been released, German State Secretary for Transport Peter Hinze said at the ILA Berlin Air Show.
