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 Airbus A350 program was “in a big crisis” at the beginning of the year because of serious delays in the supply chain, Airbus head of programs Didier Evrard concedes, but he believes that “delivery targets for the year remain absolutely achievable.”
Using the CFM International Leap-1A engine on a stretched version of the Boeing 737 MAX would lead to a “full loss of commonality” within the family, Airbus A320 program chief Klaus Roewe believes.
“We have been building gliders for the first part of the year,” Airbus Chief Operating Officer Tom Williams said. But he pointed out that new standard PW1100G engines are about to arrive at the Airbus final assembly lines.
