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.
Key customers for the Airbus A380 are expressing frustration--and will seek compensation from the manufacturer--after learning the giant aircraft will be up to six months late.
The CEOs of the Star Alliance member carriers, meeting in Kyoto and Nagoya, Japan, for their biannual Chief Executive Board (CEB) gathering, yesterday decided to accept Swiss International Air Lines as their next new member. Swiss is expected to join the group as a full member in about one year, once it has completed the necessary harmonization work, primarily in the information technology (IT) field.
Major international airlines clashed over what they believe is an acceptable role for governments in the industry at the IATA annual general meeting in Tokyo. The CEOs of Qantas and Lufthansa, Geoff Dixon and Wolfgang Mayrhuber, both voiced concerns that Emirates could receive unfair subsidies from the United Arab Emirates' government.
