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 has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the replacement of up to 50 widebody aircraft. The new fleet of long-haul aircraft is intended to replace all of the airline’s Boeing 747-400s and part of the Boeing 767-300ER fleet, as first reported by Aviation Week (DAILY, March 12).
The admission of TAM Brazil, the US Airways part of American and Sri Lankan will conclude a two-year expansion of the Oneworld alliance, the group’s Chairman of the board of governors, Willie Walsh says. Oneworld has added ten new airlines (including member affiliates) over the past two years and managed to retain Japan Airlines in its restructuring, which was courted by the other two groups, Star Alliance and Skyteam.
Lufthansa has moved to essentially ground the airline for three days this week, after talks over the weekend failed to get it and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) nearer to a resolution of a long standing conflict over the financing of the early retirement scheme. The company has cancelled 3,800 flights for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and only a total of 500 shorthaul and longhaul services are to be operated. VC announced a full three-day strike last Friday.
