Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita, KS

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 25-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week market intelligence report. 

Before joining Aviation Week, Molly spent nearly 20 years at the Wichita Eagle, Kansas’ largest newspaper, where she served as senior aviation/aerospace reporter.

Along the way, she has had some unique experiences, including a ride with the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, a parachute jump with the U.S. Army Golden Knights demonstration team and a ride in the back of an Air Force tanker watching a boom operator fuel a fighter jet. Her reporting has taken her across the world. Molly became a private pilot in 2011.

She has won multiple state and national journalism awards, including awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Heart of America and the Kansas Press Association. She was the recipient of the 2013 National Business Aviation Association’s Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence and was featured in a book on Kansas called Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers and Scientists.

A graduate of Wichita State University, Molly was selected the 2014 Outstanding Alumni at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
On the opening day of last month's Farnborough Airshow, Qatar Executive, the business jet charter arm of Qatar Airways, announced a firm order for three Gulfstream G650ER aircraft, adding to the three now in service. With the additional aircraft, expected to be delivered in 2017, Qatar Executive will become the largest operator of the type.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Pilatus Aviation recently delivered its 1,400th PC-12, to an undisclosed customer in the Southwest U.S.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
An investigation is underway to determine all the factors behind the July 6 crash of FTV1, the first prototype Bell Model 525 super-medium helicopter.
Business Aviation