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.
Lufthansa’s board of directors is expected to emerge from a Wednesday board meeting having signed off on crucial management decisions that are likely to change the airline’s long-term structure.
Dubai Airports is seeking to implement dynamic minimum-connecting times (MCT) at Dubai World Central (DWC) to reflect actual aircraft gate information in passenger itineraries. The airport operator tries to stay within the 75-min. minimum connecting time in place at Dubai International Airport (DXB), but would like to move away from applying one MCT across the entire airport, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths says, potentially allowing more city pairs to be offered at competitive travel times.
The concept of airlines forming leasing units is certainly not new, but the latest evolution sees more LCCs going down this path, particularly those with hundreds of narrowbody aircraft on order.
