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 plans for around 2,500 flight test hours to achieve certification of the aircraft using five test aircraft. MSN001 is the first test aircraft to fly, equipped with about 30 tons of test instrumentation. The aircraft is going to be used for basic performance tests in the first phase, opening the flight envelope to extremes including flutter and maximum dive tests relatively early in the program.
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.
