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.
EgyptAir placed an order for five additional Airbus A330-200s. The airline previously committed to seven A330s and now plans to operate a fleet of 12. [email protected]
Abu Dhabi national carrier Etihad Airways will take delivery of its first three narrowbodies in September and October, the airline said yesterday. The first of three Airbus A320s will start operating on the route from Abu Dhabi to Tehran, Iran, and replace widebodies previously used on the city-pair. In addition to the Tehran operation, the three aircraft will be used on services to Cairo, Amman, Karachi, Beirut, Dammam, Muscat, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait and Damascus.
Lufthansa is making important changes to its long-haul network strategy by basing three Airbus A340-300s at Duesseldorf Airport. The three aircraft will take up daily services to New York, six weekly flights to Chicago and five weekly roundtrips to Toronto in May 2008, Lufthansa said yesterday.
