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.
Lufthansa expects to spend EUR400 million more on fuel this year than planned as late as in April. The airline’s fuel bill will total EUR5.7 billion (US$8.8 billion), based on current price levels. Despite the increase, Lufthansa leaves its target of meeting or exceeding last year’s operating results of EUR1.38 billion.
Adrian Schofield (Istanbul), Robert Wall (Istanbul), Jens Flottau (Istanbul)
The airline industry’s latest financial nosedive is injecting new urgency into calls for broader liberalization of the global aviation market. Although prospects for regulatory breakthroughs are bleak, carriers believe that allowing cross-border mergers would spark the massive restructuring the industry needs to achieve long-term stability.
Jens Flottau (Istanbul), Adrian Schofield (Istanbul), Robert Wall (Istanbul)
The global airline industry expects further bankruptcies and fundamental structural changes as the sector scrambles to find business models for the new high-operating-cost environment. Industry leaders gave a bleak outlook for the coming months at last week’s International Air Transport Assn.’s annual general assembly in Istanbul. The association counts 24 airlines that have gone bankrupt this year, and industry officials gathered here warn the worst is yet to come.
