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.
Jim McNerney, Boeing’s chairman and CEO, believes the company will take over market leadership from Airbus within the next one to two years, based on the number of deliveries. As deliveries for the 787 ramp up, “we will have a dominant share in the widebody segment, and we will be even on the narrowbody side,” he told reporters at a roundtable meeting at the Farnborough International Airshow. He pointed out that “market share is important, although it’s not the most important thing.”
German low-fare airline Germanwings recorded an 11.5% increase in passenger demand in June. The airline’s load factor improved by two percentage points to 76.5%. The company, a Lufthansa subsidiary, says forward bookings are also strong.
Robert Wall (London), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Adrian Schofield (Washington)
Regulatory and labor concessions are speeding several European network carriers’ momentum toward economic recovery, though labor and government taxation obstacles remain. A key move occurred July 14 when the European Commission granted Oneworld alliance partners British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines antitrust immunity that allows for closer coordination of operations. Although the decision is important for American, it is particularly critical for the European partners, whose pace of recovery has been slower.
