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.
European airlines continue in a waiting mode for fleet development and may take significant short-term steps to reduce capacity in the wake of the ongoing economic slowdown and a possible war in Iraq.
As Boeing and interested airlines begin the back and forth process of defining its proposed 7E7, the jet manufacturer needs to reassure potential customers the aircraft will actually be built, and that target performance will not be compro- mised by trying to cover too many bases.
EasyJet's takeover of British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA (DBA) appears to be seriously threatened by a lengthy dispute with pilots regarding new work rules and pay, indicating yet another possible turn in the rapidly evolving German air transport market.
