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 President Tim Clark, said “there is a lot we can learn” from Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary after meeting the Irish carrier’s CEO for the first time recently at a meeting in Berlin. ”I am more aligned in my thinking with how budget carriers do their thing than with European legacy airlines,” Clark said. Clark added that “he and I think identically” about the industry and the two—who have helped their airlines transform different segments of the airline industry—plan to continue their dialogue.
“Risk adversity has crept into airline boards” since the early 2000s, says Emirates Airline President Tim Clark. And that has led many airlines to worry about their ability to fill A380 seats, causing them to shy away from the superjumbo.
