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.
ZURICH - Swiss International Air Lines has converted five more orders for Bombardier CS100s to CS300 and says that a majority of its 30 C Series orders will likely shift to the larger variant. Under a 2007 C Series launch order placed by its parent company, Lufthansa Group, Swiss was to receive 30 CS100s. A year ago, it converted 10 of those orders to CS 300s.
The chairman of the controlling shareholder of Avianca Holdings confirms he is open to a strategic partnership that would infuse the Latin American airline with new cash.
At this year’s IATA annual general meeting in Dublin, the Middle East carriers once again dominated the news. While the CEOs of Delta and Emirates refused to engage in a public spat over open dkies, Qatar Airways was considerably less restrained. Aircraft tracking was also high on the agenda, but no consensus was reached on how to resolve the issue. Listen in as our editors discuss all this and the latest on Qatar Airways refusing its first A320neo.
