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
Airbus is going through some high-profile issues when it comes to introducing the A350 and A320neo, but the A330neo is progressing more quietly and, so far, without the major problems that have kept Airbus in the news.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—Embraer has named John Slattery as the new president and CEO of its commercial aircraft division.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The fast-growing Chinese conglomerate has aspirations to be the 800-pound gorilla in the aircraft leasing business.
Air Transport