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.
Turkish Airlines is facing another investigation over alleged anti-competitive behavior. The Turkish Competition Authority Rekabet Kurumu was forced to reopen a case that it had already closed following a court ruling involving its main rival in the Turkish air transport market, Pegasus.
Aer Lingus was close to merging with another airline in 2012, according to the U.K. Competition Commission’s (CC) final report on Ryanair’s shareholding in the competing Irish carrier. The report lists some details of discussions in the appendix section, but it does not identify the potential partner and some parts are heavily edited, because most of the information is confidential. But according to the U.K. CC, “Aer Lingus and another airline entered into confidential discussions regarding a possible combination” in early 2012.
Airbus expects to be able to freeze the configuration for flap settings of the Airbus A350 within about one month, a crucial milestone ahead of the start of actual certification testing later this year. MSN001, the first prototype, resumed its test program on Aug. 15 following a planned break in the schedule to allow for more test equipment to be installed. As of Aug. 29, the aircraft had accumulated around 150 hr. and was flying on an almost daily basis. The number of test hours achieved is at the upper limit of expectations, according to Airbus officials.
