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.
Michael Mecham (Mobile, Ala.), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
Count on the persistence of states in the U.S. South to pursue aerospace jobs, regardless of setbacks, and on the perseverance of manufacturers to oblige them.
The most recent new aircraft programs at Airbus and Boeing have incurred years of delays and substantial additional costs. As the CSeries production has now started, Bombardier Aerospace is trying its utmost to avoid the same fate. Its priorities in the ramp-up to first flight are testing and early risk mitigation.
When International Airlines Group (IAG) was formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, CEO Willie Walsh announced a grand list of acquisition targets. Only a year and several iterations of the European banking crisis later, part of IAG is now up for grabs.
