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.
Etihad Airways wants to introduce narrowbody aircraft to develop a denser regional network, CEO James Hogan said in an interview yesterday. The aircraft are to be introduced by the end of 2008, he said. Etihad wants a narrowbody fleet of about eight units. The plans are a significant departure from the airline's current strategy, which seemed to have been modeled after Emirates, which does not operate narrowbodies. Hogan started as Etihad CEO late last year, coming from his previous assignment at Gulf Air. -JF
Lufthansa yesterday placed an order for 30 Embraer 190s and 15 Bombardier CRJ-900s. The company's supervisory board approved of the deals ahead of the annual shareholder meeting to be held today in Berlin. Deliveries will start by the end of next year. The decision shows a strategic shift in Lufthansa's regional network. The airline is moving upwards in aircraft size, as the Embraer and Bombardier jets will replace smaller Avro RJ-85s and CRJ-200s. 50-seat operations are moved more to affiliates, such as Eurowings and Contact Air.
