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
Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Sean Broderick discuss scenarios and future challenges.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
For an airline that entered bankruptcy protection in 2020 after overextending itself, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery has been a chance to make a fresh start.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The industrial action on Sept. 2 will hit the operations of Lufthansa German Airlines, the mainline passenger operation, as well as Lufthansa Cargo.
Airlines & Lessors