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 potential bidders are emerging for the Airbus interiors plant in Laupheim, Germany. German financial daily Handelsblatt reports Zodiac, Diehl Aerospace and Kafer are still in the race for the fourth German Airbus site to be sold. Airbus declined to comment. Late last year, Airbus opted to sell its facilities in Varel, Nordenham and Augsburg to OHB Technology, a Bremen-based space specialist. OHB expects to close the transaction before the end of the first quarter.
The second Airbus A380 could be delivered by the end of this week, company sources told The DAILY. The aircraft is tentatively planned to be handed over to Singapore Airlines on Friday, although that could still slip by a day or two. Singapore Airlines is operating its first A380 on a daily Singapore-Sydney roundtrip, but plans to introduce it on the London route once it has enough aircraft for a daily service.
Emirates is giving up management control of SriLankan Airlines and has not ruled out selling its stake in the carrier. Emirates President Tim Clark said that the SriLankan government wanted greater day-to-day control over the running of the airline. “We just felt that was not compatible with what we wanted to do and it was best that we agreed amicably to let the agreement lapse and give them a chance to take back control of the company,” Clark said in an interview.
