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—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.
NEW DELHI—Air India has started negotiating significant changes to its fleet plans with Boeing as the airline tries to sort out its future long-haul and short-haul requirements. The airline is “seriously looking at” converting some of its outstanding orders for Boeing 787-8 into the larger -9, Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rohit Nandan said in an interview at the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board meeting here. At the same time, Air India does not want to take the three outstanding Boeing 777-300ERs still on firm order.
