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.
Mesa Air will reduce its regional jet fleet further at the end of this month as the operator continues to reject leases on aircraft not assigned to a contract. In a new filing, Mesa Air says it will return four more Bombardier CRJ200s May 24-30. All four jets are currently at Mesa’s Tucson, Ariz., maintenance facility awaiting inspection.
Boeing is at an advantage when it comes to a next-generation narrowbody aircraft, as Airbus will be in no position to design a new aircraft due to the immense research and development costs of the A380 and A350, says Richard Aboulafia, VP of the Teal Group. An unsustainable percentage of Airbus revenue was tied up in research and development for the A380, and this percentage will peak as design of the A350 ramps up. On the flip side, Airbus has more re-engining options for the A320 than Boeing does for the 737, he says.
Guy Norris (Broughton, Wales), Robert Wall (Broughton, Wales), Jens Flottau (Broughton, Wales)
Airbus is delaying its key A320 reengining decision until year-end as it rescopes its new engine option (NEO) initiative into a broader strategy aimed at repelling emerging competition from Bombardier’s CSeries and other new-generation airliners, as well as gaining a lead over Boeing’s 737.
