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.
German aerospace industry association BDLI demands a government-supported fund to help small and medium-size companies with access to new capital. BDLI President and Airbus CEO Thomas Enders said at the German air transport industry congress in Berlin yesterday that the fund should total about EUR60 million.
The Emirates Group expects a more robust second half of its financial year after the Dubai-based airline reported a massive plunge in profits in the first half of fiscal 2008.
Lufthansa has dropped earlier plans to take over its alliance partner SAS Group, company sources tell The DAILY. The decision is the result of financial problems at Spanair, SAS’s fully owned Spanish subsidiary, and leaves the Scandinavian aviation group without any obvious future investor.
