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.
Sean Broderick (Washington), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Guy Norris ( Los Angeles ), Adrian Schofield (Auckland)
The story of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 reads like bad fiction—a perfectly safe aircraft disappears from radar on a scheduled flight, and the extensive international search-and-rescue effort that ensues finds few clues. It is not fiction, but it should be in light of the technology to monitor aircraft and the massive amounts of operational data available.
FRANKFURT—Lufthansa has close to €2 billion ($2.8 billion) in additional restructuring projects in its pipeline over the next two years, and therefore expects to drastically increase its profitability . Even with an estimated €740 million in headwinds ( factors raising cost levels ), the difference is substantial enough for the airline to resume dividend payments this year, subject to approval by the annual general assembly .
