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.
ATR seems to be gaining more support from its shareholders to launch a 90-seat turboprop. “Airbus is, together with its partners, studying the developments in the regional market,” says ATR Chairman and Airbus Executive Vice President Strategy and Marketing Kiran Rao, adding, “The most likely outcome will be a new generation of turboprops with increased size, greater comfort and significant improvement in efficiency.”
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary hopes to finalize a deal for more than 200 Boeing 737 MAX before the end of the year, he said on the sidelines of the Paris air show. While he would not specify the size of the order, he said that “if it is not 200-plus, then it is not worth doing.” Ryanair expects talks on specifics of a potential deal to stretch out until the end of September before final negotiations are started.
CIT Aerospace is “seriously looking” at placing an order for the Boeing 787-10, Jeff Knittel, President of CIT Transportation Finance, said on the sidelines of the Paris air show. He considers the aircraft to be a “natural extension of the family.” Boeing launched the aircraft with orders for 102 from five customers on Tuesday. All of these except one—GE Capital Aviation Services—have also ordered the Airbus A350. “That is a comment about that market segment,” Knittel argued. “It is growing faster than short-haul.”
