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.
Embraer’s CEO is optimistic about prospects for the E2 commercial jet family, but has concerns about Brazil’s defense budget cuts and what they may mean for the KC-390 program.
Emirates has stayed out of alliances, but has some bilateral deals—including one with Qantas—that provides it with feed in Australia and similar agreements with Alaska Airlines and JetBlue in the U.S.
Müller told Aviation Daily at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Miami that he expects major progress in that regard within the next five years, as countries continue to liberalize their air service regimes and allow their national carriers to combine forces.
