Jens Flottau

Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation

Frankfurt, Germany

Summary

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’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
Aircraft that arrive six months late are not only wreaking havoc on airline schedules, but delays are also painful for lessors in the form of lost growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa plans to base its incoming fleet of 10 Airbus A350-1000s at its second hub in Munich.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is accelerating the process of retiring its Airbus A340-300, A340-600 and Boeing 747-400 fleets by at least three years.
Airlines & Lessors