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.
Hapag-Lloyd's Airbus A310 twinjet, which made an emergency landing at Vienna-Schwechat airport with both engines stopped, most probably ran out of fuel, according to Austrian investigators. The accident investigation team is expected to focus on the joint decision by the pilots and the airline's operations department to continue the flight despite a landing gear failure that significantly increased aircraft drag and fuel consumption.
German regional carrier Eurowings, struggling with the consequences of the Alitalia/KLM split up, is considering withdrawing from feeder routes into Milan's Malpensa airport because of disappointing load factors. Eurowings has been feeding alliance partner KLM's hub in Amsterdam and was meant to be covering the important German market for the evolving KLM/Northwest/Alitalia alliance. The carrier started code-sharing with Alitalia two years ago, but now has to rethink its strategy.
Orders for 310 regional jets placed here at ILA 2000 continued the rising growth trend for manufacturers, with leasing companies making the majority of the commitments for the first time. The orders constitute a significant boost to the ongoing development programs for regional jets at newly renamed Fairchild Dornier and Embraer of Brazil which have not seen significant follow-up orders after they had initially been launched at ILA 1998 and the Paris air show in 1999.
