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.
Lufthansa will launch its first scheduled flights using biofuel next year. The airline will operate daily roundtrips from Hamburg to Frankfurt in April 2011 with an Airbus A321 powered by International Aero Engines' V2500 engine. Up to 50% of the fuel will be made up of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The trials are planned for a six-month period and are intended to study the long-term effect of biofuels on aircraft engines.
Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Robert Wall (London), Adrian Schofield (Auckland)
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) this week will issue a preliminary report that is likely to confirm investigators’ suspicions that oil pipe leaks led to the uncontained failure of a Trent 900 engine during a Qantas Airbus A380 flight Nov. 4. Meanwhile, the carrier plans to resume limited operations of some A380s, although the investigation will remain open.
