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.
Airbus selected Recaro as an Airbus Contracted Supplier (ACS) for the new Airbus A350. Schwaebisch Hall, Germany-based Recaro’s CL3620 economy-class seat will be on offer by Airbus for the new long-range jet. Recaro is an ACS for the first time, having previously dealt directly with the airlines.
Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Andrew Compart (Washington), Adrian Schofield (Washington)
The Oneworld airline alliance has staved off the potentially disastrous loss of leading Asian member Japan Airlines, allowing it to refocus on major headaches the alliance is dealing with in other parts of the world.
Airbus appears to be running head-on into another major development program problem, with its A350 twin-widebody already at risk of significant schedule delays and cost overruns, even before the first aircraft has come together.
