Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense business issues, and is editor in chief of Aviation Week Executive Intelligence newsletters. Beyond reporting, Bruno helps organize related Aviation Week conferences, hosts podcasts and webinars, and speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on industry issues. Since joining Aviation Week in 2005, he has won several Jesse H. Neal and Aerospace Media awards. He has a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University.
The global in-flight connectivity market is expected to grow in the coming decade with more than 12,900 commercial and 24,000 business aircraft providing the benefit to passengers by 2023, consulting group Euroconsult said. Total revenue from passenger connectivity services is expected rise from $440 million in 2013 to $2.1 billion by 2023. Along with the growth in installation, both the take-up rate and average revenue per user are expected to improve.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agency of America, is in the fight of its life. Established in the Great Depression to create jobs by aiding the export of American products via loan guarantees and insurance, Ex-Im, as it is known, has been rechartered or reauthorized by Congress 16 times. Those extensions have come nearly always by voice vote or unanimous consent of lawmakers.
