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.
Emirates is still waiting to hear back from Airbus to resume talks about a possible new order for the A350, airline CEO Tim Clark said. “I have expressed a wish talk about the A350 again, but there has not been a great take-up yet,” Clark said during a recent visit to Berlin. But Clark added he hopes, “that we will talk with them in the next few months.”
