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

By Jens Flottau
Following a long and storied career in aerospace journalism, Aviation Week's former European Bureau Chief died on August 3, aged 75.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
International Airlines Group (IAG) has made clear that it is against the construction of a third runway at British Airways’ main hub in London-Heathrow because of the high cost.

By Jens Flottau
Qatar Airways has rejected claims by the big three U.S. intercontinental airlines about alleged subsidies and says the U.S. government should withstand any interference with the current Qatar open skies agreement.