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.
Aer Lingus believes its operating result for the full-year 2010 should be “no worse than breakeven” after the company saw stronger demand than anticipated in the first half. “Recent yield performance and long-haul load factors have exceeded our expectations, and the forward booking profile suggests that this strength should continue for at least the third quarter,” the airline said in a trading update. Long-haul fares were up 17.4% in the first six months, when load factor improved by 5.9 percentage points, while capacity was down by 31.6%.
Robert Wall (Farnborough), Joseph C. Anselmo (Farnborough), Jens Flottau (Farnborough)
The stakes could not be higher as the commercial aerospace industry struggles to define the new rules of the road that will govern industrial and trade relations in the post-Airbus-Boeing-duopoly.
Robert Wall (Farnborough), Guy Norris (Farnborough), Jens Flottau (Farnborough)
Resurgent demand for single-aisle aircraft may allow Airbus and Boeing to hold on to their narrowbody duopoly just a bit longer than expected. Both aircraft makers are considering increasing production for their narrowbodies, fearful that a lack of available aircraft may drive airlines toward emergent rivals such as Bombardier’s CSeries. However, the Canadian endeavor could struggle to match the price and profitability of the mature and well-leaned Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 production lines.
