John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, John has been a private pilot for 34 years and won an award at EAA Oshkosh for his restoration of a vintage British Auster army spotter aircraft. He is currently building a 1920s Staaken Flitzer biplane from plans. John attended his first Farnborough Air Show in 1952, when just eight months old.
Robert Fisch is president of aviation services at Luxaviation, one of the world’s largest private aircraft operators. As part of Business Aviation Week 2020, John Morris, editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews, speaks to him about how Luxaviation sees the market amid the pandemic.
There is a real danger in showing too much enthusiasm for today’s booming charter demand: it may not last, and it may lead the government to think that further relief money is unnecessary.
