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.
Copa Airlines can remain independent despite a flurry of airline mergers in Latin America, CEO Pedro Heilbron believes. “We are confident we [can] stay independent and keep the level of profitability in the future,” Heilbron told Aviation Week at the ALTA annual general assembly in Panama City. He cites the “unique geographic location” of its Panama hub as the main reason that gives the airline enough power to thrive on its own.
A failure of oil pipes in the hot strut is suspected of triggering the chain of events that led to the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas Airbus A380 on Nov. 4.
