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 CEOs of the Star Alliance member carriers, meeting in Kyoto and Nagoya, Japan, for their biannual Chief Executive Board (CEB) gathering, yesterday decided to accept Swiss International Air Lines as their next new member. Swiss is expected to join the group as a full member in about one year, once it has completed the necessary harmonization work, primarily in the information technology (IT) field.
Major international airlines clashed over what they believe is an acceptable role for governments in the industry at the IATA annual general meeting in Tokyo. The CEOs of Qantas and Lufthansa, Geoff Dixon and Wolfgang Mayrhuber, both voiced concerns that Emirates could receive unfair subsidies from the United Arab Emirates' government.
Entry into service of the Airbus A380 will be delayed, according to comments made by Airbus Chief Commercial Officer John Leahy at the IATA Annual General Assembly in Tokyo. "The rumors are true; we are going to be a few months late," Leahy said in an address to airline executives on Sunday. Airbus originally planned to have the plane certified and delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines in the second quarter of 2006, but it has recently spoken of first delivery in the second half of the year.
