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.
There is still disagreement over whether short-term aircraft demand has already peaked or is about to—or whether there is time left until the going gets much tougher.
Air Berlin is expected to be split into three parts, as part of an effort to stem losses and focus a much smaller carrier on bases in Berlin and Dusseldorf, Germany.
Following a more skeptical outlook given by IATA at the association’s financial symposium in Singapore, the aircraft financing community appears to agree that the state of the industry is now as good as it gets—and warns that cycle may be near its peak.
