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.
ATR seems to be gaining more support from its shareholders to launch a 90-seat turboprop. “Airbus is, together with its partners, studying the developments in the regional market,” says ATR Chairman and Airbus Executive Vice President Strategy and Marketing Kiran Rao, adding, “The most likely outcome will be a new generation of turboprops with increased size, greater comfort and significant improvement in efficiency.”
