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.
Four years after opening the first authorized service center for business jets in China, Gulfstream is considering expansion to handle heavy maintenance.
China will likely overtake Japan this year as the largest civil helicopter market in the Asia-Pacific region, even as its rapid growth of the recent past abates to more realistic levels.
“Asia Pacific is the biggest growth region for us on the planet, and has grown to 10% of our revenues from 5% in 2010,” says avionics company Rockwell Collins. “That’s a direct result of the strategies we set in place over the last 50 years.”
