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.
Robert Wall (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Jens Flottau (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Michael A. Taverna (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Middle East airlines are showing clear signs of growing up. Despite the $130-billion flurry of aircraft orders and commitments unveiled at the Dubai air show, healthy financial returns are taking prominence over unbridled growth. What’s more, the market is expected to remain vibrant in the next few years, even after carriers placed orders for more than 400 aircraft.
A group of investors close to Spanish billionaire Alicia Koplowitz plans to make a formal bid for Iberia in the next few weeks, the group said yesterday. The group plans to offer a purchase price of EUR3.60-3.90 (US$ 5.26-US$5.70) a share, valuing the airline at up to EUR3.7 billion (US$5.4 billion). The bidders include Gala Capital Partners Equity, Omega Capital, Inver-Avante and Bilbao Biskaia Kutxa, among others. They have analyzed Iberia's finances for the past four weeks. Iberia shares rose about 5%.
