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.
FRANKFURT — Airbus Military is delaying the entry into service of the first and second A400M in response to a temporary suspension of function and reliability (F&R) testing.
Airbus and the two Chinese partners in its Tianjin final assembly line have signed a framework agreement to continue the cooperation beyond 2016, the end of the current business plan. The agreement is not a final and binding contract; further negotiations will be held to clarify contractual details. Airbus, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone (TFTZ) and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic) have assembled A320-family aircraft in Tianjin since 2009. The existing contract expires in 2016, when 284 aircraft will have been built.
Startup Korongo Airlines, based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is looking to add routes in the Central African country after four months of operations. Korongo flies six weekly roundtrips between Lubumbashi and Kinshasa and four from Lubumbashi to Johannesburg. Once a week, the aircraft stays in Johannesburg overnight for maintenance. Most of the services are operated with a Boeing 737-300, while a BAe-146 is used in the Kinshasa-Lubumbashi market.
