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.
British Airways plans to restart its daily Concorde services to New York soon and has completed the first of five scheduled operational assessment flights. The Sept. 11 flight was the first with a full load of passengers since services were suspended more than a year ago after the crash of Air France Flight 4590 near Paris.
Swissair Group is facing the difficult task of merging its two core airlines, Swissair and Crossair, in the months ahead, while the company's precarious financial situation continues to deteriorate.
SAS Scandinavian airlines, already hit by a weakening economy, is coping with the resignation of its entire board, and sharing the blow dealt to all airlines following the terrorist attacks in Washington and New York.
