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.
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.
Entrenched rules governing transatlantic airline operations could be shaken up if a European investor took a significant stake in a struggling U.S. carrier, argue industry executives at the recent Phoenix aviation symposium. At issue are both the regulations limiting foreign ownership of U.S. airlines and liberalization of transatlantic service.
Lufthansa is planning some aggressive network changes to battle the growing threat of low-fare carriers, company sources say, including a capacity boost in Hamburg and other German airports.
