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.
The U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) slammed British Airways in a recent report over a 2003 incident, highlighting sloppy oversight and flawed maintenance and demanding changes to work practices. The AAIB concluded the incident "had been caused by maintenance errors..." and that "the events were the result of a combination of errors on the part of the individuals involved and systemic issues that had greatly increased the probability of such errors being committed."
