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

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Airbus may not accept government loans to finance the development of the planned Airbus A350, EADS CFO Hans-Peter Ring said.

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British Airways expects to spend around GBP1.5 billion (US$1.8 billion) on fuel this year, said Commercial Director Martin George, and it will look for ways to offset the growing expense

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Etihad Airways named Robert Strodel as its new CEO effective immediately, promoting the internal candidate to the top position.