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.
The union wrote in a memo to its members that “every single one should be aware of the dimension of this radical, structural change” for which Lufthansa’s management has been aiming.
“If we had known that the 787 was delayed so much we would not have ordered any,” Al Baker said after disembarking from the first scheduled A350 flight from Doha, Qatar to Frankfurt, Germany.
The cabin modifications would be ready toward the end of the decade, according to Executive Vice-President Programs Didier Evrard, who is also still running the A350 program.
