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.
Blue Wings, a small scheduled and special charter airline based in Dusseldorf, ceased operations on Wednesday as a result of its ongoing financial difficulties. Soon after the carrier’s aircraft were grounded, Germany’s aviation authority Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) withdrew Blue Wings’ operating license saying the company no longer fulfilled minimum requirements in terms of financial resources.
Lufthansa plans to reintroduce services to Iraq in the summer timetable. The airline has applied for traffic rights to Baghdad and Erbil in Northern Iraq, citing significant interest on both ends of the route. Iraqi destinations would be served from both Frankfurt and Munich, according to a Lufthansa official.
Airbus expects to deliver 20 A380s this year after it fell well short of its original target to hand over 18 aircraft in 2009. The company is implementing conclusions drawn from an in-house review to overcome the bottlenecks and systemic flaws that kept it from ramping up production as planned.
