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
Zodiac Aerospace will not meet its 2015-16 target of close to 10% operating profit margin, and its planned recovery from a crisis in its aircraft seats and interiors business will take longer than the 18 months initially predicted, the company’s chief executive said.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has decided to ramp up production of the A330ceo family again, now that the transition to the A330neo appears to be secured.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Delta Air Lines would have a strong interest in a new midsize aircraft being studied by Boeing that could fly transatlantic services, the airline’s senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, Nathaniel Pieper, told Aviation Daily.
Air Transport