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.
DUBAI—Arab airlines are convinced that carriers must step up and introduce better information-sharing to avoid catastrophes such as the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. “We must introduce a degree of self-help among the airlines,” Emirates President Tim Clark said at the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) annual general assembly in Dubai. “We have to take action to ensure that the industry is protected.”
