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.
Turkish Airlines plans to introduce regional jets once Istanbul gets a new airport, according to Chief Commercial Officer Soner Akkurt, who says the airline could greatly improve services to secondary cities and introduce more markets with smaller aircraft. The only reason Turkish does not have regional aircraft is the lack of slots in Istanbul, Akkurt told attendees at an Embraer airline seminar in Istanbul.
The schedule for entry into service of Airbus’s A350 “is tight, but remains feasible,” says Didier Evrard, head of the A350 program. Airbus last week completed joining of fuselage sections of the static test fuselage of airframe MSN 5000 at the final assembly line and moved it to the next station for further assembly work. “Everybody in the final assembly was pleased with how it came together,” Evrard said during an event in Toulouse. Once the wing is mated, much of the structural assembly process is validated.
