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.
Germany will broaden export financing support for Airbus, according to the federal Trade Ministry. An official said however that the ministry has so far not received any Airbus applications. The manufacturer is concerned that its customers might not be able to get sufficient financing to take delivery of the planned 2009 production as banks continue to refuse handing out fresh loans to airlines. IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani warned in an interview that Airbus and Boeing might end up not being able to deliver about half of their 2009 production.
Domingo Urena-Raso will be named as the new head of Airbus Military, industry sources told The DAILY yesterday. 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 KC-45 tanker, among others.
Austrian Airlines executive board members Andreas Bierwirth and Peter Malanik believe that the takeover by Lufthansa could still fail. The German airline could still back out of the deal if the European Commission imposes tight conditions on it or if Austrian burns too much cash to fund ongoing operations, the two executives told reporters in Vienna.
