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
The structure will “enable EasyJet to continue to operate flights both across Europe and domestically within European countries after the UK has left the EU,” the company said.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—Delta Air Lines on July 13 took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, the first of the model to be delivered to a North American customer.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airlines and regulators are quickly running out of time to find answers for the multiple legal questions raised by Brexit, industry officials warned at a European Parliament hearing in Brussels.
Air Transport