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
Airbus and Boeing will be building a lot more A350s, A330neos, 787s and 777Xs in the coming years—Wall Street analyst Rob Spingarn explains why.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Industry sources are expressing increased confidence Boeing can meet its revised schedule for 777X entry-into-service two years from now.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
CEO Luis Gallego said that IAG “has always been a platform for consolidation” after agreeing to buy Air Europa.
Airlines & Lessors