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 (London), Jens Flottau (Santiago, Chile)
Ousting Pierre-Henri Gourgeon as CEO of Air France-KLM was the easy part; now the airline group's reshuffled management team will have to decide on quick steps to reset its troubled financial course.
Growing numbers of airline industry stakeholders are recognizing that key updates are needed in pilot training to keep basic flying skills from eroding further. And with loss-of-control accidents becoming an ever greater concern, those changes are not happening quickly enough.
Lufthansa Cargo is moving five of its nightly flights from Frankfurt to Cologne/Bonn and is canceling several China flights per week to comply with the newly imposed curfew at Frankfurt Airport. CEO Karl-Ulrich Garnadt said that estimates of a €30-50 million ($41-69 million) impact on profits are likely correct.
