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 big three U.S. airlines are seeking to keep Gulf and low-cost carriers out of transatlantic markets. But do their arguments against competition hold water?
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The two companies plan to develop, get certification and deliver the first aircraft within ten years and forecast 2025 for entry-into-service.

By Jens Flottau
The five largest European airline groups are in the process of defining the details of a new industry lobbying body that would supersede current organizations, industry sources tell Aviation Week.
Paris Air Show