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.
Airbus by year-end will undergo significant organizational changes, said CEO Fabrice Bregier on the eve of the ILA Berlin air show, signaling a shift from previous centralization policies. Bregier plans to give more power to facilities and local plants in an effort to speed up processes. Details of the initiative are to be presented to the company’s various works councils next week. The reorganization is planned to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2013.
Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier is ruling out a production increase beyond 42 aircraft a month for the A320 single-aisle family until at least 2018. According to Bregier, the supply chain already struggles to accommodate the current increase in monthly production to 42 aircraft from 40. Once that is achieved this fall, production will stabilize at that level for several years and through the transition from the current A320 version to the A320NEO in 2016.
MTU Aero Engines, which expects to double revenues by 2020, says it is in talks to participate in programs to update Boeing’s 777 and re-engine the Embraer E-Jet family. “There is a strong likelihood that we will be together with GE [General Electric on the 777 replacement],” CEO Egon Behle said on the sidelines of the 2012 ILA Berlin air show. “There are intense discussions ongoing, but no papers have been signed yet.”
