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

Jens Flottau (Frankfurt and Kuala Lumpur), Cathy Buyck (Amsterdam and Brussels)
Once de rigueur for legacy airlines, membership is an evolving model
Air Transport

Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Adrian Schofield (Auckland)
Airlines worldwide are scrambling to reintroduce 787s in their lineups
Air Transport

Jens Flottau (Bogota and Frankfurt), Cathy Buyck (Amsterdam and Brussels)
Some parts of the world still offer opportunities for alliance growth
Air Transport