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.

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Articles

By Molly McMillin
Set Jet, a membership-based, private jet charter program, will begin daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles to New York City through Teterboro, New Jersey, and White Plains, New York. Set Jet will provide the flights on Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft configured with 25 VIP seats for $1,000 per month and $3,300 one way. Flights will feature five-star meal service, complimentary alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks and premium snacks. It will also offer a private suite in the aft cabin from $15,000 and $25,000 one way, subject to demand and availability.

By Molly McMillin
Associated Air Center has obtained Agencia Nacional De Aviacao Civil 145 repair station certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority. The

By Molly McMillin
Banyan Air Service has expanded its maintenance operations at its Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport location. It has added a second shift to provide extended maintenance services seven days a week. The new hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to midnight and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. It employs 44 maintenance technicians and support staff and is recruiting for additional positions.