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.
Etihad Airways has ordered another two Airbus A330-200s and converted part of an earlier A320 order into A321s. The airline currently operates 17 A330-200s, six A330-300s and two A330-200Fs from previous orders that also include two more A330s scheduled for delivery. All A330-200s, including the two new orders, are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. Etihad operates 15 A320s and has an outstanding order for 12 more. Seven of these aircraft are now turned into the larger A321s, which are added to a backlog of seven more A321s.
SAS Group is launching another cost-cutting program and plans to sell SEK3 billion ($447 million) in assets as it tries to return to profitability. The airline on Oct. 30 said the board of directors is close to signing off on a SEK3 billion cost-savings program in addition to an asset sale worth a futher SEK3 billion, although details of this sale were not revealed.
The future of Airbus is riding to a large extent on the success of its new A350 widebody, designed to compete head-to-head with Boeing's hugely popular 787 and 777. And while final assembly is underway at last, the European airframer still faces major challenges before the first jet is delivered in 2014—and even before first flight next year.
