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.
Wet lease specialist Hi Fly signed a medium-term lease with Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for one Airbus A330-900, kick-starting the carrier’s fleet modernization.
Airbus is pushing out a decision on whether to go ahead with upgrades of its A320neo family aircraft, as the company continues to face tough challenges in ramping up narrowbody production and with the in-service A320neo fleet.
Airbus—which has been considering upgrades to the A320neo family—is shelving a decision on upgrades in favor of focusing on deliveries as the manufacturer continues to face tough challenges in ramping up production and with the in-service fleet.
