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.
Three interrelated events are indicative of the state of commercial aviation: Airbus ramps up its production rate—likely followed by Boeing; Bombardier announces a $1 billion equity infusion by the Quebec government into the C Series program; and Comac rolls out the first C919 test aircraft in Shanghai.
Conflicting reports painted two very different pictures of how Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed in the Sinai: damage from a previous tail strike, or a bomb planted by terrorists.
OAG data indicate growth of Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways over the past five years has taken place on existing routes and with frequencies rather than only in new markets.
