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
TOULOUSE, France — Airbus believes the Airbus A321neo will reach a fuel burn improvement in excess of 20% per seat as the manufacturer combines

By Jens Flottau
TOULOUSE, France — Airbus is still discussing the merits of re-engining the A330 as another complement to its widebody product portfolio. “It is an

By Jens Flottau
TOULOUSE, France — Airbus will take a look at re-engining the Airbus A380 much along the lines of the A320neo and the proposed A330neo. “We are not