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.
Airbus may be embracing an aggressive outsourcing strategy to reduce its exposure to a weak U.S. dollar, but now governments supporting the aircraft maker are signaling their concern that things may be going too far. The unusual public split between the company and the so-called Airbus ministers—the representatives of Germany, France, the U.K. and Spain—comes as discussions are starting to accelerate about the size and form of government aid that will be provided for the development of the A350XWB twin widebody.
Air Berlin said it is reconsidering major parts of its current strategy, as the airline was forced to issue a profit warning for the second time this year. The airline’s CEO, Joachim Hunold, said he is reviewing “the entire long-haul operation” and will make a decision on measures in the next three to four weeks.
Iberia is no longer bidding for its domestic rival Spanair. The airline said late yesterday it has withdrawn its proposal to take over Spanair together with Gestair. Iberia stated this takes into account that “until now there has been no agreement regarding conditions.” It also cited “other circumstances and determining factors” as reasons without elaborating.
