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.

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Articles

Darren Shannon, Jens Flottau, Leithen Francis
Some larger operators are confident in their ability to return a profit during another year of belt-tightening, but mixed results are more likely.

Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Political problems at EADS could come to a head this month as the Franco-German aerospace and defense giant seeks a leadership transition.
Air Transport

Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Airbus closed out its record 2011 with $588 billion commercial airline orders in its backlog (or 4,437 aircraft), after booking 1,419 net orders.
Air Transport