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 Lufthansa Group board of directors has approved plans presented by CEO Carsten Spohr to build up a large low-fare division with units operating on

By Jens Flottau
Finnair has decided to expand its Airbus A350 order from 11 to 19 aircraft. The airline firmed up the eight options it has held as part of its 2006

By Jens Flottau
German railway company Deutsche Bahn is seeking more than €2.1 billion ($2.6 billion) in compensation from a group of cargo airlines that have already been fined for price fixing activities by the U.S. government and the European Commission, among others.