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.
Egypt Air will join the Star Alliance, after the alliance's board agreed to accept a membership application. The airline could join the group before the end of 2008, but no firm date was set. Star "has a unique leadership position in Africa," CEO Jaan Albrecht believes, as the biggest and second-biggest airline on the continent (SAA and Egypt Air) will soon be Star members.
Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Michael A. Taverna (Paris), Robert Wall (Paris)
The Airbus Power8 plan to restore the aircraft maker’s global competitiveness has hit a second major hurdle that could slow the return to profitability of parent EADS. Efforts to sell or find partners for several facilities in Germany are lagging and one of the leading candidates, Voith, has now decided to pull out. When Power8 was launched, EADS officials indicated they would have named their partners by now, but that could now drag on for several more months.
Spanish travel concern Grupo Marsans yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding for 61 Airbus aircraft and became the latest new customer for the Airbus A380 and A350XWB. According to the MOU, Marsans will buy four A380s, 10 A350-900s, five A330-200s, 12 A319s, 25 A320s and five A321s. The aircraft will be allocated to Grupo Marsans airlines, such as Aerolineas Argentinas und Air Comet.
