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.
Aer Lingus posted a net loss of EUR69 million (US$91 million) in 2006, as the airline was facing the costs of its initial public offering and defense of the Ryanair hostile takeover bid. Sales were up 11% to EUR1.11 billion (US$1.45 billion).
The Airbus A380 will land in the U.S. for the first time next week. Aircraft with the tail numbers MSN001 and MSN007 are planned to land simultaneously at New York Kennedy and Los Angeles airports on Monday, Airbus said. MSN007 will have more than 500 passengers on board as part of the commercial route-proving trial implemented together with Lufthansa. MSN001 will perform an airport compatibility trial in cooperation with Qantas.
Dubai's International Airport was closed for about eight hours on Monday, causing severe disruptions and cancellations, after a Biman Bangladesh Airbus A310 blocked the field's single remaining runway.
