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 and BMI are expanding an existing code-share agreement in what could become the precursor of a deeper alliance. Virgin Atlantic is putting its code on BMI services from London to Amman, Beirut, Tel Aviv and Tehran that connect to long-haul flights to New York, Newark, Boston and Los Angeles. Several domestic destinations are also added.
The global financial crisis and need to provide customer delivery financing to Eurocopter and Airbus customers is causing EADS to focus on preserving its cash position. Although the company has a strong cash balance, with about EUR9 billion available, EADS CEO Louis Gallois says “protection of cash in such a crisis is our first priority.”
EADS CEO Louis Gallois indicated that Airbus may cut its production rate as a result of the global financial crisis. “Airbus is prepared to go further if needed,” he said at a company event in Newport/Wales referring to an earlier decision to freeze production at its current level. Gallois said, “We receive signals from airlines, and we have to analyze them.” But no decision was made so far, he pointed out.
