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.
Ryanair will add more routes from its base in Hahn, Germany, in May, giving it 50. The airline will introduce flights to Alicante, Spain; Rimini,Italy; Osijek,Croatia, and Carcassone,France. The decision comes after Hahn Airport dropped plans to introduce a €3 passenger departure fee to recoup its investment in upgrades and expansion. Ryanair had threatened to close the base. The European Commission is investigating whether the fee scheme for Ryanair can be considered illegal state aid.
Lufthansa ordered 20 shipsets of Recaro economy class seats for its new fleet of 20 Boeing 747-8s. The airline selected the CL3510 model for the new long-haul aircraft. Lufthansa’s Airbus A380s will get the CL6510 seats for the business class cabin, Recaro said yesterday. Neither side disclosed further details of the deal.
Domingo Urena-Raso will be named the new head of Airbus Military, industry sources have told Aerospace DAILY. Urena-Raso will replace Carlos Suarez at the helm of the division that is in charge of the A400M military airlifter program as well as the multirole tanker/transport aircraft, among others.
