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.
Michael A. Taverna (Paris), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
The wholesale expansion of the European Union and NATO into Eastern Europe this spring will create new opportunities, as well as stiff competition, for Europe's aerospace industry. The 10 new EU members and seven new NATO entrants--which, with the exception of Romania and Bulgaria are also joining the EU--will bring 12 additional nations into the fold of the two organizations.
Germany's aerospace industry association, BDLI, hopes that the expansion of the European Union and NATO, coupled with a looming recovery in the domestic aerospace/defense sector, can keep the ILA Berlin air show from sliding into oblivion.
The Eastern European air transport market is bracing for a surge in growth--and competition--as 10 new countries from Eastern and Southern Europe enter the European Union.
