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.
Three years after Le Bourget 2019 the aerospace industry is coming together for another one of its major airshows in Farnborough, following more regional recent events in Singapore, Dubai and Berlin.
Airbus expects global air travel to grow by a 3.6% compound annual growth rate over the next 20 years, according to the latest edition of its global market forecast.
