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 state authorities are putting together proposals aimed at bolstering security at the country's hundreds of general aviation airfields, following the hijacking of a single-engine aircraft near Frankfurt.
Germany late last week took an ax to several key air force and army procurement programs, wielding numbers cuts aimed at paring defense expenditure by several billion euros over the next few years. However, the move should break the Berlin-induced logjam on collaborative European programs such as the six-nation Meteor air-to-missile and the A400M military airlifter. Alongside the A400M and Meteor, the IRIS-T dogfight missile, the Tiger attack helicopter, and the NH90 transport helicopter are all being squeezed by Defense Minister Peter Struck.
Star Alliance carriers are weighing the options against a double threat to survival--two of its founding members, United Airlines and Varig Brazil, are wallowing in deep financial distress and partner Air New Zealand may cross over to the competition.
