Jens Flottau

Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation

Frankfurt, Germany

Summary

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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.

Articles

By Jens Flottau
Condor is looking at a further fleet expansion that could include additional widebodies and narrowbodies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Given how important incumbency is in the industry, Embraer's current E1 operator base is the most promising potential market for its E2 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is likely to launch larger versions of the A220 and A350 before building the A320neo family’s successor.
Aircraft & Propulsion