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 first derivative model of the program reached an altitude of 25,000 ft. on the flight from Toulouse. First delivery should take place by the end of 2017.

By Jens Flottau
Etihad Aviation Group has indirectly confirmed for the first time that it is in the process of acquiring a stake in Air Berlin’s leisure business—a move that further illustrates the dramatic financial position of its German affiliate.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union called a full-day strike after a longstanding dispute over pay, and the creation of the Eurowings low-cost arm, continues to get worse.
Air Transport