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.
Air Berlin plans to join Oneworld, significantly enhancing the alliance’s presence in the European market. The airline disclosed its intention in an ad-hoc filing on Monday after the close of the German stock exchange and said it will come up with more details of the deal at a news conference today.
Aer Lingus believes its operating result for the full-year 2010 should be “no worse than breakeven” after the company saw stronger demand than anticipated in the first half. “Recent yield performance and long-haul load factors have exceeded our expectations, and the forward booking profile suggests that this strength should continue for at least the third quarter,” the airline said in a trading update. Long-haul fares were up 17.4% in the first six months, when load factor improved by 5.9 percentage points, while capacity was down by 31.6%.
Robert Wall (Farnborough), Joseph C. Anselmo (Farnborough), Jens Flottau (Farnborough)
The stakes could not be higher as the commercial aerospace industry struggles to define the new rules of the road that will govern industrial and trade relations in the post-Airbus-Boeing-duopoly.
