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.
Airbus is working with its airline customers to find ways to add up to 10% in capacity in the economy- and business-class cabins of the A380 without compromising comfort levels, executives said at the Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse. “Airlines are not using the full capacity of the A380,” says Senior Vice President Marketing Chris Emerson. To resolve this the manufacturer is talking to operators about a three class lay-out seating 560 passengers.
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark expects Boeing to be able to get “a few hundred firm orders” for the proposed 777-8X/9X soon. “All the 777 operators are interested in the 777X,” Clark said on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting in Cape Town.
Airbus has named the six-strong flight crew for the first flight of the Airbus A350. Peter Chandler, the company’s chief test pilot, will be at the controls of MSN001, along with Guy Magrin, the A350 project pilot. The two will be accompanied in the cockpit by Pascal Verneau, the project’s test-flight engineer. Three experimental flight test engineers—Fernando Alonso, Patrick du Che and Emanuele Constanzo—will monitor the flight at test stations installed in the cabin.
