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.
German leisure airline Condor is looking at selling part of its fleet of 13 Boeing 757-300s and is negotiating with a Chinese carrier over the sale of six 757-300s in what would be a significant further reduction of the once 47-aircraft fleet.
Fairchild Dornier Aero Industries GmbH has filed for bankruptcy, ending a two-year struggle to keep the ill-fated 728 regional jet program alive. The company and the district court of Weilheim, Germany, on Monday confirmed to The DAILY that the manufacturer filed for Chapter 11-like insolvency earlier this month (DAILY, June 17).
German low-fare airlines Hapag-Lloyd Express and Germanwings plan to fly from Duesseldorf in the winter, a move that could hurt struggling Duesseldorf-based LTU and Lufthansa subsidiary CityLine. Both Hapag-Llod Express and Germanwings have applied for slots at the slot-constrained airport: Duesseldorf's maximum number of available slots is capped for noise abatement. Both carriers have said they will not reduce services at nearby Cologne/Bonn Airport, which both carriers use as their main base.
