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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

Jens Flottau
Spanish airline Iberia plans to further trim capacity and spending as a result of weak passenger demand in the first few weeks of 2009. The airline stated yesterday that its newly launched 2009-2011 strategic plan sees the airline return to “earlier levels of profitability” and is targeted at reaching a growth of EBITDAR (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization and rentals) of 15% within the next two years.

Jens Flottau, Darren Shannon
Air Dolomiti hopes it can expand on its role as a Lufthansa feeder over the next few years as more hubs are added to the airline group’s network, Air Dolomiti President and CEO Michael Kraus told The DAILY. In an interview, the airline chief said the optimal size for the Italian regional carrier is between 25 and 30 aircraft, an increase on the 19-strong fleet it currently operates.

Jens Flottau
Ryanair is introducing a three-times-weekly service from Luebeck, Germany, to Alicante, Spain. The flights will be operated with Boeing 737-800s and will start in July. Luebeck Airport is expected to be taken back by the city after the expected pull-out of New Zealand airport investor Infratil at the end of the year. The move back into state ownership is likely to spark another row over alleged airport subsidies for Ryanair.