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.
Airbus is still facing some serious behind-the-scenes discussions with its most important customer about design details of the Airbus A350XWB. Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman/CEO of International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), confirmed on the sidelines of the Boeing 787 roll-out in Seattle that he is still not happy with the A350 set-up. “There are engineering teams working at Airbus on what can be changed,” he revealed. Udvar-Hazy has voiced concerns about the way Airbus plans to build the composite fuselage.
Etihad Airways is facing serious questions about its crew scheduling procedures and ultimately its safety standards following a near controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accident at Pakistan’s Peshawar airport, several industry sources say.
Air Berlin plans to lease up to 10 Boeing 787s from 2010 on, CEO Joachim Hunold told The DAILY. The aircraft are likely to be sourced from ILFC's large 787 order. ILFC recently increased its order to 74 aircraft.
