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.
Robert Wall (Toulouse), Jens Flottau (Toulouse), Guy Norris (Toulouse)
A shortage of skilled labor is a growing concern at Airbus, and management worries it could undermine the company’s program execution and efforts to meet strong market demand. “We need to enhance the skills training, knowledge management and succession planning across all our teams,” says Airbus CEO Tom Enders.
London Heathrow airport’s Managing Director Mark Bullock will leave airport the operator, BAA said in a statement yesterday. Bullock’s resignation comes after BAA decided on a new management structure. He will be replaced by Mike Brown, the London Underground’s Chief Operating Officer. Bullock has been with BAA since 2004.
Austrian Airlines’ major shareholder OIAG said yesterday talks with investor Sheikh Mohammed bin Issa al-Jaber stalled and no more negotiations were planned. Austrian turned down a proposal by al-Jaber to buy an additional 10% stake in the airline for EUR50 million (US$77.28 million). The deal would come on top of a 20% stake that al-Jaber agreed to buy in principle for EUR150 million (US$231.83 million).
