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
Munich Airport and Lufthansa launched operations April 26 at the new satellite building next to Terminal 2.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is curtailing output of the A320neo until July to slow inventory buildup, as Pratt & Whitney works on a fix to eliminate the most severe issues with the PW1100G engine, industry sources said.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The airline industry needs new ideas about running a long-haul carrier efficiently, and incumbents’attempts to block such new models is short-sighted.
Air Transport