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.
Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Andrew Compart (Washington), Adrian Schofield (Washington)
The Oneworld airline alliance has staved off the potentially disastrous loss of leading Asian member Japan Airlines, allowing it to refocus on major headaches the alliance is dealing with in other parts of the world.
Airbus appears to be running head-on into another major development program problem, with its A350 twin-widebody already at risk of significant schedule delays and cost overruns, even before the first aircraft has come together.
Following its disastrous quarterly results and with no short-term improvement in sight, SAS Group appears more willing than ever to be bought by its larger partner, Lufthansa. “If you are part of a larger group, such as Swiss in Lufthansa, you are better protected against the cycles in our industry,” CEO Mats Jansson told Danish financial daily Boersen. He added that staying independent was “not a goal in itself,” but that a turnaround had to be achieved before looking at strategic options.
