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
Eurocontrol figures show traffic across the European network is up 5% so far this year compared with 2024, and flow management delays also are up 5%.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Juergen Weber worked in aviation for his entire professional life and became a dominant figure in the European airline industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says he is “committed to bringing us back into JFK, one way or another.”
Airlines & Lessors