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.
AvCraft Aviation plans to restart production of the 328JET, and in the fourth quarter of 2004, the U.S. company will launch final assembly of semi-completed aircraft in Oberpfaffenhofen, CEO Ben Bartel said. The company is also offering eight completed 328 turboprops for sale. AvCraft will invest $100 million in the relaunch.
Switzerland wants to disclose if a certain airline appears on its Civil Aviation Authority's blacklist for safety breaches, Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger said yesterday. The agency will answer specific requests but won't publish the entire list. Currently, 21 aircraft are blocked from landing in Switzerland, among them planes operated by GIR Jet (Spain), Silk Way (Azerbaijan), Hemus Air (Bulgaria), JR Executive (Lebanon), Premium Air Shuttle (Nigeria) and Dniproavia (Ukraine).
Germany's pilot union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), is accusing racing champion Niki Lauda's low-fare startup Fly Niki of wage dumping. According to VC, the airline has offered senior captains basic monthly salaries of about EUR3,000 (US$3,753), compared with the EUR7,000 (US$8,756) per month the same captain would have made at Aero Lloyd Austria, the Aero Lloyd subsidiary Lauda bought late last year. The union also claims crews have worked without pay for three months. The cockpit crews involved all previously worked for Aero Lloyd Austria.
