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
Airbus has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification of the sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 with CFM International engines.
Air Transport

Leithen Francis, Jens Flottau
The balance of power in the London Heathrow long-haul market may once again shift.
Air Transport

Jens Flottau (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
But whether the low-cost model will be a success will depend on much more than just airline economics.
Air Transport