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.
Delta Air Lines would have a strong interest in a new midsize aircraft being studied by Boeing that could fly transatlantic services, the airline’s senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, Nathaniel Pieper, told Aviation Daily.
Airbus plans to introduce another weight variant of the Airbus A350-900 as part of a recent agreement with Philippine Airlines (PAL) covering six of the aircraft.
