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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 (Frankfurt), Robert Wall (Paris)
Financially struggling European airlines are trying to buy time through deep cuts, as consolidation efforts are not showing the quick successes the players were targeting. Both SAS Group and Austrian Airlines announced major initiatives that they hope will keep them flying until new investors emerge or the current crisis subsides. Others, like Brussels Airlines, see unexpected regulatory hurdles ahead before they can become part of larger concerns.

Jens Flottau
Air Berlin’s January traffic declined by 4.5%, the airline said yesterday. The slowdown compares with a 4.9% reduction in capacity. The carrier’s load factor improved slightly to 69.4%, well below the 75.7% achieved by Easyjet, one of its most important competitors.

Jens Flottau
Austria’s state holding company OEIAG expects European Commission approval for the sale of Austrian Airlines to Lufthansa in June, CEO Peter Michaelis said in an interview yesterday. Michaelis stated that Austrian and Lufthansa so far have not submitted a notification, as they aim to clarify as many questions as possible ahead of the formal proceedings. Once submitted, the commission can decide on the application within three months or prolong the approval process.