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.
Ryanair has decided to turn Cologne Bonn Airport into its fifth German base, in a move that spells trouble for Lufthansa's struggling Germanwings unit and the country's secondary airports. Even though the base will be small—with only one dedicated aircraft—several aspects of the decision are still significant.
Airbus is holding “very preliminary“ talks with some of its A350 customers about a ten-abreast configuration in economy class. The denser layout would allow the manufacturer to add around 25-30 seats and raise overall capacity of the A350-900 to nearly 350 seats. “For now only a small number of customers is interested, but this will increase undoubtedly as the aircraft matures,” Airbus Cabin Marketing Manager Claire Newcombe said on the sidelines of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany.
Lufthansa chose the CFM Leap-1A engine for the last part of its Airbus A320NEO order, a deal totalling more than €1 billion ($1.37 billion) covering engines for 40 aircraft.
