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.
Fastjet has already faced more than its fair share of troubles in trying to establish a pan-African low-cost operation. Now its chairman has resigned, and auditors are questioning the airline's reliability.
The first Airbus A350 is undergoing three to four days of inspections before the aircraft’s flight-test program continues. “We will be flying some time [this] week,” Airbus’s chief test pilot Peter Chandler told Aviation Week after the landing of the first flight in Toulouse June 14. Airbus indicates that the second flight is planned for June 18, if no major flaws are found.
Spirit AeroSystems is not the only major supplier spun off from a major aircraft manufacturer to be in trouble. EADS subsidiary Premium Aerotec is replacing most of its executive board as the company struggles with inefficiencies in the ramp-up of key programs, particularly the Airbus A350.
