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.
It is no coincidence that the first official statement of any of the affected companies came from Toulouse: Airbus “welcomed“ the decision of the Indian government to allow scheduled A380 flights into the country. But the change may have less significance than it appears at first sight.
FRANKFURT — CityJet's future owner Intro has concrete fleet replacement plans for the Irish regional airline, even though the takeover has not yet been completed. Intro Managing Director Peter Oncken tells Aviation Week that CityJet will replace its fleet of Avro RJ85s with Embraer 190s. That process is to be completed by 2016.
