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.
The state government of Hesse is scheduled to announce its decision on Aug. 19 for expanding Frankfurt airport, which serves as Lufthansa's main hub and is suffering from capacity constraints.
The boom of regional airlines worldwide has prompted large-scale orders and launches of derivative programs at the Farnborough air show. After leasing companies dominated the scene six weeks ago at the Berlin air show with major orders, the airlines themselves stepped forward to order hundreds of new planes. The continuing demand for regional aircraft also prompted Pratt&Whitney Canada to announce plans for a new geared fan technology engine for that market segment.
British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA expects to replace its aging Boeing fleet with Airbus A320-series aircraft. The carrier wants to pick up some of the options BA had placed with its own Airbus narrow-body aircraft order. Deutsche BA's Chief Executive Adrian Hunt said the A320's passenger appeal, coupled with problems Deutsche BA has experienced with its current fleet of Boeing 737s, had influenced the decision to switch to Airbus.
