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.
NEW DELHI—Austrian Airlines’ planned replacement of the Fokker regional fleet may ultimately be decided by timing issues and could, if that is the case, go against an order for the Bombardier CSeries.
NEW DELHI—Singapore Airlines will “take a look” at the proposed Airbus A380neo, but to expect any kind of decisions would be “premature,” CEO Goh Choon Phong said in an interview at the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board meeting here. The airline is the second-largest A380 operator after Emirates, with a fleet that now stands at 19 aircraft. Singapore Airlines has firm orders for five additional aircraft that are to be delivered from 2017 on. The carrier became the type’s first operator in 2007.
NEW DELHI—Singapore Airlines (SIA) hopes India will further ease the restrictions that are part of its aviation policy, now that the launch of its local subsidiary, Vistara, is imminent.
