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.
Bombardier expects to double the size of the installed fleet in Africa over the next 3-5 years, according to Chet Fuller, senior vice president of sales and marketing. The fleet will then double again within an even shorter period of time, Fuller predicted on the eve of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Cape Town. “Africa is shaping up to be a tremendous market,” Fuller says. Bombardier currently has 200 aircraft operating with 61 airlines in the region.
Most constituents in the global air transport industry agree that there is enormous potential in developing the African aviation market. But they also agree that actually realizing it will prove much harder.
Given years of economic recession in Southern Europe, airlines based in the region are all suffering. But some are dealing with the situation far better than others.
