Jens Flottau

Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation

Frankfurt, Germany

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

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Apr. 30 decided to stop any planned growth of its low-fare brand Eurowings as that unit’s financial performance continued to deteriorate in the first quarter.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus does not see any change in demand or supply chain relief for the A320neo family as a result of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
“An A320 is an A320 and a MAX is a MAX”, said Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, adding that the current situation “is not changing the mid- to long-term picture.”
Air Transport