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.
MRO experts Flying Colours is adding 148,000 sq. ft. of new facilities in North America to meet demand for new and refurbished large-cabin business jets.
Avinode Group, long known as the leading business-to-business platform for buying and selling air charter, is rolling out some significant advancements to its web-based apps for brokers and operators that will benefit their customers, too.
