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 final report released this week into the July 1, 2002, midair collision of a DHL Boeing 757-200 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M over Southern Germany confirmed earlier findings and attributed the crash to a series of factors, including conflicting instructions by Swiss air traffic control and the aircraft's traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS).
British Airways expects the trading environment to remain difficult, in spite of a remarkable financial turnaround that even led to a profit in the traditionally tough first quarter. Not only will fuel costs be as much as GBP150 million higher than last year, but the weak dollar is a strain for the airline, which has a big exposure on the transatlantic market.
