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 International Air Transport Association (IATA) is introducing a new operational safety audit geared toward small air carriers and less extensive than the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The exercise—preliminarily called the Basic Safety Audit Program (BSAP)—is intended to provide a safety framework for small airlines that do not qualify for the more extensive IOSA process.
Airbus plans to deliver 620 aircraft in 2013, slight more than the 600-610 deliveries previously forecast. Parent company EADS also has increased its full-year order target to 1,200 aircraft, but the airframer already had exceeded that total at the end of October. By the end of the third quarter, Airbus had collected a total of 1,265 gross orders, and it is very likely to finalize more orders at next week’s Dubai air show.
