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.
For EADS investors, this point been has a long time coming: Airbus's financial performance is set to ramp up. Now the question is whether conditions beyond its control will allow the aircraft maker to follow through. With Airbus heading into new record output territory, production is due to hit 570 aircraft this year, including, for the first time, 30 A380s. Louis Gallois, CEO of Airbus parent EADS, promises the financial performance will take off, too.
This time it was supposed to be different for the Franco-German aerospace giant—a smooth transition of power, with a new management team building on the foundation put in place by its predecessor.
Looking purely at facts, the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 can likely be explained as a pilot-fatigue-induced loss-of-control accident. But as a bitter dispute over the findings shows, the case is imbued with political overtones—in itself a strong reason for concerns over safety cultures.
