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.
Bernstein Research warns that late deliveries of Boeing 737 MAXs to European airlines will make an already imbalanced supply and demand equation worse for European airlines and sees only limited benefit for the sector of two possible major bankruptcies.
The substantial fleet changes planned by Emirates Airline will have a major impact on how its home base Dubai International Airport (DXB) will operate in the future, the airport’s CEO Paul Griffiths said.
