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

Jens Flottau
EASA is moving closer to certifying proposed permanent repairs and newly designed wings for the Airbus A380.
Air Transport

Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
Berlin should have opened its new international airport two years ago. But not only has the launch now been delayed a fourth time, the airport operator has conceded for the first time that it has no idea when the facility will be ready.
Air Transport

Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
Merkel nixed what would have been biggest merger ever.
Air Transport