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.
Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson seeks to “challenge every aspect“ of the European Commission’s (EC) approval for International Airlines Group (IAG) to take over rival BMI from Lufthansa. In the British newspaper The Telegraph, Branson wrote that the decision would “damage the British airline industry for years to come. However you look at the likely outcome of the BA purchase of BMI, you cannot find anything other than a serious erosion of competition at London Heathrow, leading to the consumer paying dearly.”
The Volga-Dnepr Group has bought a 49% stake in Air Cargo Germany (ACG), a Boeing 747-400F operator based at Frankfurt Hahn Airport. The transaction was completed in the first quarter, and ACG and Volga-Dnepr subsidiary Air Bridge Cargo (ABC) started to operate a harmonized schedule last week. The schedule still needs the approval of Germany’s aviation authorities, however.
As technologies mature and delivery dates for many new products near, the cabin interiors and inflight entertainment (IFE) supply chain must deliver on many its promises—and soon. A host of new services particularly in the IFE world are being installed on aircraft worldwide and, with broadband Internet and communication applications becoming widely available, the key question is whether passengers will use the new services to the extent expected.
