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.
Lufthansa is studying the Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9 as new long-haul aircraft to be integrated into its growing fleet, company sources told The DAILY on the sidelines of the Lufthansa/Airbus A380 route-proving flight from Frankfurt to New York. The airline is less interested in the smaller A350-800 and 787-8 versions, sources said. The A350-900 and 787-9 are required to reach the U.S. West Coast, Hong Kong and Singapore from Frankfurt with a full payload, the sources said.
British Airways plans to significantly expand its presence at London's City airport through its wholly owned subsidiary BA CityFlyer. The unit -- to be launched later this month -- will operate 250 flights a week from the airport, compared with 144 of the previous BA regional operation. CityFlyer will use 10 Avro RJ100s on six routes -- Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Zurich, Glasgow and Edinburgh, with Zurich and Glasgow as new destinations. -JF
MTU Aero Engines' CEO Udo Stark will leave his post by the end of the year, the company confirmed yesterday. Stark cited personal reasons for the decision and said that he would take on other mandates next year, albeit to a reduced degree. However, industry sources say that he had lost the backing of part of MTU's supervisory board. Particularly employee representatives argued that he did not pursue expansion aggressively enough and did not have the necessary industry insight.
