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.
Avionics and Safety Editor John Croft, Managing Editor for Transport Jens Flottau and Executive Editor Jim Asker discuss the safety and security implications of the crash of the Russian charter carrier’s A321.
The U.K. government temporarily halted all outbound flights from Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and will not allow any departures to the holiday resort over concerns Metrojet Flight 9268 may have been brought down by a bomb.
Several British airlines plan to operate flights from Sharm El Sheikh on Nov. 6, in order to transport at least part of the several thousand tourists stranded at the Egyptian holiday resort.
