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.
The sale of Airbus' factories in Germany could be delayed further, according to one local report. Detailed negotiations with a preferred bidder are likely to start in early 2008 and the transaction could be completed as late as April 2008, according to business magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Airbus originally planned to finalize the sale of its sites in August, but had to delay the decision several times.
Lufthansa and TUI are forced to reconsider their strategic options following last month’s surprise deal involving Air Berlin, Condor and Thomas Cook group.
Michael A. Taverna (Paris), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
Air France-KLM is planning to transform a number of short-haul slots at London’s Heathrow Airport into transatlantic services in a bid to gain a foothold in the lucrative U.K./U.S. market. The move will involve U.S. partners of the Air France-led SkyTeam—Delta and Northwest—which plan to pool the new routes via a joint venture agreement with Air France-KLM to replace existing ad-hoc code-sharing arrangements with a setup in which all airlines share costs, revenues and decision-making.
