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
A German court decision to declare the current Lufthansa pilot strike illegal could become a turning point in the most bitter dispute yet between the airline and its employees.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The ongoing dispute between Lufthansa and its pilots is turning into the most serious crisis the airline has seen since its near-bankrupty in the early 1990s.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Even in the face of a shaky Brazilian economy, the regional carrier will continue its domestic expansion, and is even looking at more international flights.
Air Transport