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 (Bengaluru, India)
Expecting that Indian airlines will start adding aircraft to their fleets again next year, Airbus aims to broaden its industrial base in the country.

Jens Flottau (Tel Aviv)
Bolstering efforts to develop connecting traffic through Tel Aviv, El Al Israel Airlines hopes it can leave behind its isolation in the industry by setting up more partnerships.

Jens Flottau
Lufthansa plans to install 32,000 new seats in its 170 aircraft used for domestic and European routes over the next year.