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

Jens Flottau (Dubai)
Has increasing difficulty keeping pace with Emirates' growth plans
Air Transport

Guy Norris (Los Angeles), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt)
Continued grounding poses growing program issues for Boeing
Air Transport

Jens Flottau
Boeing has started telling its customers to expect serious delivery delays for the Boeing 787 as far out as this summer. Norwegian Air Shuttle on Friday confirmed that it has been alerted by Boeing that delivery of its first two aircraft, previously scheduled for April and June, could be affected. The company stated that Boeing has not announced a new delivery date or given written confirmation of a potential delay.
Air Transport