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.
People may be buying the latest electronic goods, but they are certainly not spending as much as they were 10 years ago. That means the air cargo industry, which is being swamped with belly capacity, is being left with a lot of empty space and nothing to fill it. Talk to air cargo experts and they will be just as likely to discuss the demand for iPhones as they are the metal in the air. That is because the industry was traditionally a key indicator of global trade’s health, always showing a peak in demand during the weeks immediately leading up to Christmas.
FRANKFURT — Following American Airlines’ decision to drop an order for Airbus A350-800s in favor of the larger -900 version, Airbus is facing further negotiations with a small, but partially resisting and diverse group of airlines before it can finally drop the smallest of the A350 variants.
