Jens Flottau

Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation

Frankfurt

Summary

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week'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
FRANKFURT — Dubai International Airport (DXB) has reopened its Northern runway earlier this week bringing the field back to full capacity. DXB

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT — Following Hawaiian Airlines’ decision to switch from the Airbus A350-800 to the A330-800neo, Airbus now has only 28 firm orders left for

By Jens Flottau
Air Baltic has become the first airline worldwide to introduce Bitcoin as a payment option. The Latvian airline is offering Bitcoin for flights booked