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.
Boeing is accelerating introduction of all three versions of the 737 MAX by six months. The first 737-8 is now due for first delivery toward the beginning of the third quarter of 2017, rather than in the fourth quarter. The 737-9 will follow 18 months later and that will be followed by the -7 another 18 months later. “Things are going so well,” Boeing Vice President and General Manager-Airplane Development Scott Fancher said yesterday at the Paris air show. “We anticipated the opportunity to accelerate MAX from day 1.”
EasyJet has entered a preliminary agreement with Airbus to acquire up to 200 A320NEOs and 35 A320CEOs. The deal is still subject to shareholder approval and is likely to hit some opposition from founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who has opposed further expansion of the airline. The agreement is a major blow for Bombardier, which had been pitching a 160-seat version of its CS300 against Boeing and Airbus narrowbodies.
Boeing is “rapidly moving towards the launch” of the 777X, Vice President and General Manager, Airplane Development Scott Fancher said on the sidelines of the Paris air show. The two versions of the aircraft are far advanced in the development process and Boeing is promising its customers an improvement in fuel efficiency of at least 20% compared to current models.
