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
Lufthansa’s low-fare unit Eurowings is opening a new base in Munich next spring, its first at an airport its parent uses as a hub.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Carriers in South America’s biggest country look for ways to access fresh capital or consolidate to cope with ongoing economic crisis.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Etihad Airways plans to cut a number of jobs as the airline tries to reduce costs in difficult market conditions.
Air Transport