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
Drawing on government funding into hydrogen propulsion, the manufacturer is working to define a commercial airliner to enter service in 2035.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: The A220-500 would be great strategic asset for Airbus in its competition with Boeing and the 737 MAX.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told employees to expect deeper cuts to staff levels and the group’s fleet as the recovery of air travel will take much longer than originally anticipated.
Airlines & Lessors