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.
The Airbus A350 flight test program is going much better than expected, according to the company’s Senior Vice President Flight and Integration Tests Fernando Alonso, with the two test aircraft flying around 100 hours per month—nearly twice as many as in previous programs.
Air France has launched initial studies into how to retrofit its Airbus A380 with its newly unveiled business-class cabin, but the effort is unlikely to be launched this year. The airline decided to introduce the product on its largest aircraft after having initially put it on the 777 fleet, but the timing is unsettled and the latest seats may never be installed on other aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A340, which are to be retired in the medium term.
