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.
Embraer hopes its decision to elect Frederico Fleury Curado as its new president and CEO will ensure continuity and stability at the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. Curado, 45, will replace long-time CEO Mauricio Botelho at the helm of Embraer in April 2007. Curado is currently executive vice president for the airline market and has been with the company more than 20 years. Botelho will continue as chairman for three more years before retiring in 2010. Embraer has not decided yet who will succeed Curado in his current position.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is facing an uphill battle to regain confidence of consumers and investors, as Asia's largest airline struggles to return to profitability this year.
The discovery of an alleged terrorist plot caused global disruption of air travel yesterday, with U.K. airports experiencing the most chaos but U.S. airports also seeing massive security delays. Hundreds of flights were canceled by U.K. carriers, and those flights that did take off were delayed by hours due to airport congestion and delays in passenger list screening. The Transportation Security Administration imposed additional airport gate searches that will be extended to other airports today.
