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.
Rolls-Royce Deutschland is targeting emerging aviation markets in Russia and China for new applications of the BR710 and BR715 turbofans. The German-British manufacturer is involved in two parallel feasibility studies, one with Tupolev vetting the BR715 for the Tu-334 regional twinjet and the other with China's Avic 1 for the proposed ARJ21 (BR710). An agreement with China would lead to the first regional aircraft application for the 14,000-17,000-lb.-thrust BR710.
The regional aircraft market appears set for further changes, after Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace indicated it might fill the gap left by the collapse of Fairchild Dornier's 728/928 regional jet program. The company's president, Pierre Beaudoin, said at the Farnborough air show that ``there is a need for a five-abreast product,'' but Bombardier would have to figure out if an aircraft in the category provided satisfactory financial returns.
JENS FLOTTAU AND MICHAEL A. TAVERNA ( MUNICH AND PARIS)
Japan Airlines' entry into the Lufthansa Cargo-led WOW alliance and the sale of Lufthansa's share in DHL International to Deutsche Post signify new steps forward in the attempt by the German carrier and its WOW partners to establish a lead position, and ensure profitability, in the competitive air freight market. Japan Airlines Cargo joined the WOW airfreight alliance earlier this month after lengthy negotiations (AW&ST July 15, p. 19). The alliance was created in early 2002 by LH Cargo, SAS Cargo and Singapore Airlines Cargo, under the name New Global Cargo.
