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.
Embraer is eyeing an entry-into-service date in 2017 or 2018 for a new family of commercial aircraft that is likely to compete with the current Boeing and Airbus narrowbodies. Embraer President/CEO Frederico Fleury Curado tells Aviation Week & Space Technology that a decision on the action and the technological concept will not be made before 2011. “There are several moving pieces in this puzzle,” Curado says. “But there will be a convergence in 2-3 years.”
Lease rates are falling, aircraft cancellations are mounting, and airlines are considering further capacity cuts. The prospects for Airbus and Boeing to end the year without white tails—aircraft coming off the production line with no customer —look increasingly bleak. In January, Airbus and Boeing saw cancellations outpace orders.
European airlines are facing unexpectedly high regulatory hurdles in their efforts to consolidate, as the European Commission (EC) seeks to push through major concessions to keep competition intact.
