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 COO, customers, John Leahy is not concerned about considerations that Boeing reportedly is giving to stretch the 737 MAX further using higher-thrust CFM International LEAP-1A engines that have been developed for the Airbus A320neo.
"They will try to get close to a 'me-too' aircraft, but not quite get there," Airbus sales chief John Leahy said at the Airbus Innovation Days in Hamburg. "Boeing has not named the aircraft yet, but we have: We call it the Mad MAX."
“Rate 60 is enough for what we see today,” Chief Operating Officer Tom Williams said on Monday. “There is no real serious work going into anything beyond this.”
