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.
FRANKFURT – Airbus Defense and Space has reached an agreement with its European works council over how labor cuts in the new division are to be implemented. The company is now ruling out layoffs between now and the end of 2016 and has in return achieved speedy approvals by European unions of its new structure.
FRANKFURT — Even though Norwegian just went through a massively difficult first quarter, the airline is still sticking to its ambitious expansion plans and has signed up for three more Boeing 787-9s on lease.
