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's Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber is urging the MRO industry to change offerings and models. "The winners in MRO will stay around, having come up with new solutions," Mayrhuber said at Aviation Week's MRO Europe conference in Berlin. In his view, MRO providers have to find their particular niche or have global clout in order to be able to survive. Before he took on his current role, Mayrhuber was the CEO of Lufthansa Technik. -JF
Despite record high fuel prices, European airline fleets continue to grow, making the region into one of the big growth markets in the maintenance, repair and overhaul sector, industry analysts predicted at Aviation Week's MRO Europe conference this week in Berlin.
