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.
Bombardier Aerospace is studying internally if, when and how it should revive its idea of building a large regional jet seating 100-130, Steve Ridolfi, president for regional aircraft, told The DAILY this week at the Paris Air Show.
Air France and Finnair are expanding their code-sharing deal to six Finnish destinations. The agreement now includes Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Kuopio, Jyvaskula and Vaasa. In return, Finnair will add its code to Air France services from Paris to Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Nice. -JF
The proposed Boeing 7E7, with the added Dreamliner designation, "addresses a real market need," Boeing rival and Airbus CEO Noel Forgeard said. Forgeard told journalists at the Paris Air Show that "the 7E7 might happen. But they [Boeing] will need technologies that don't exist today to be successful." Also, Forgeard added, "you need at least 12%-15% in DOC [direct operating costs] improvement, and that is extremely difficult to do."
