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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
EADS CEO Louis Gallois indicated that Airbus may cut its production rate as a result of the global financial crisis. “Airbus is prepared to go further if needed,” he said at a company event in Newport/Wales referring to an earlier decision to freeze production at its current level. Gallois said, “We receive signals from airlines, and we have to analyze them.” But no decision was made so far, he pointed out.

Jens Flottau
Austrian Airlines said yesterday it will try to make cuts to its capacity without lay-offs. The company has started negotiations with trade unions over part-time work and other measures.

Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Adrian Schofield (Washington)
The Oneworld alliance is facing a crucial hurdle this year that is likely to determine its long-term prospects, as the U.S. Transportation Dept. considers the third antitrust immunity application from British Airways and American Airlines. The two carriers are lobbying hard for their joint venture, but the U.S. regulatory process is presenting new complications.