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.
While the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine war appear to be limited on European air travel demand so far, the invasion has the potential of creating a multi-layered fallout that may have longer-lasting effects than the pandemic.
AerCap is the most exposed of any Western lessor to recent developments in Russia with a fleet of 135 aircraft and 14 engines leased to customers in the country.
