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.
A European Commission official last week warned that open-skies talks with the U.S. can't go on forever and are now under some time pressure to be completed.
U.S. bankruptcy reorganizations could be a catalyst to further mergers in the industry, participants in the Phoenix Aviation Symposium stated last week. "You can shape your merger partner to make it suit best to you," Texas Pacific Partner Rick Schifter said. "It relieves the target of a standalone reorganization plan." In his view, Delta or Continental could follow the example of America West and US Airways.
