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.
The Volga-Dnepr Group has long been known primarily for its Antonov An-124-based outsize cargo charter business. But its scheduled operations are growing fast and strategic partnerships are serving to make the Russian logistics group a more serious international competitor.
Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Robert Wall (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
While the airline world watches the seemingly unstoppable rise of the three big Persian Gulf carriers—Etihad Airways, Emirates and Qatar Airways—smaller airlines in the region are hurting like those elsewhere.
Austrian Airlines is pushing through dramatic changes in its structure in a last attempt to return to profitability. The airline’s board of directors decided on Thursday that flight operations, including aircraft, pilots and cabin crew, will be transferred from the parent company to regional subsidiary Tyrolean.
