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.
Rolls-Royce (R-R) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification for the initial version of its Trent XWB engine being developed for the Airbus A350. The engine is powering the -800 and -900 variants of the Airbus widebody; R-R is working on a much higher-thrust variant for the -1000 due to be delivered in 2017. R-R’s Trent XWB is the only engine type available for the A350.
