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.
The Airbus A380 on Sunday passed a crucial evacuation test, one of the major hurdles ahead of the expected certification this year. All 873 people on board MSN 007 managed to evacuate the aircraft within 80 seconds, 10 seconds faster than required by authorities. The test was completed with relatively few injuries: One person suffered a broken leg, while 32 others reported friction burns from sliding down the emergency slides.
Delta and its transatlantic SkyTeam partners are eyeing another attempt to win antitrust immunity from U.S. regulators after their first application was rejected recently. The group "will refile an antitrust immunity application at some point, but I don't know exactly when that will happen," Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein said this week in Atlanta. He hinted that another filing could be considered if and when the U.S. and the European Union finalize a transatlantic open-skies deal.
Royal Jordanian's highly anticipated small-jet order was Embraer's second sale this year for the 170/190 family, bringing the airframer's total orders for the jets to 12 as the first quarter winds down. The order for seven 100-seat Embraer 195s from Royal Jordanian follows an order from COPA Airlines affiliate AeroRepublica last week for five 108-seat 190s.
