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.
Lufthansa wants changes made both to the Airbus A350 and the competing Boeing 787, said Nico Buchholz, the airline's head of fleet planning. The executive said in an interview that his airline wants 1,000-2,000 kilometers more range out of the A350, while the proposed 787 is too small for its requirements. "The 787 so far is a little smaller than our Airbus A340-300s. We would like it to be the same size," Buchholz said.
Russian national carrier Aeroflot is under pressure from the government to order Airbus A350s instead of Boeing 787s, say local reports. Daily newspaper Vedomosti reports the government allegedly favors Airbus because the U.S. is still opposing Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization.
FRANKFURT -- Lufthansa Technik expects times to get tougher in the European MRO market, as Eastern European new entrants offer more cheap capacity and its internal customers are asking for revised products and more flexible pricing.
