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.
Fairchild Dornier, which filed last week for Chapter 11-like protection from creditors, expects to find a strategic investor within the next three months. The troubled company's survival is at stake.
If ongoing efforts to devise a rescue plan and secure more funding fail, Fairchild Dornier could be the first post-Sept.-11 industrial casualty. The Munich-based company, the third-largest regional twinjet manufacturer behind Bombardier and Embraer, is reportedly talking with potential partners to provide some major funding and a revised business plan.
Switzerland's revamped flag carrier, Swiss, plans to position itself as the leading premium airline in Europe, maintaining a largely unchanged long-haul network featuring superior inflight service. The ``new'' carrier--which is based on Crossair, formerly Swissair's regional subsidiary--received a SF2.7-billion ($1.6-billion) capital injection from the federal government, regional authorities and private investors. Swiss plans to retain a large long-haul route system centered on Zurich.
