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Lee Ann Shay

Executive Editor, Business Aviation & MRO

Chicago, IL

Summary

As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.

She won the World Leadership Forum’s Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009 (propulsion category) and in 2002 (maintenance category), and has been a finalist in other years. In 2017, Lee Ann won the Aerospace Media Awards' Best Future Tech submission.

She holds a B.A. in English and political science from Luther College and an M.A. in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.

 

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Articles

By Lee Ann Shay
Fly Exclusive is refurbishing its fleets of aircraft so they will all have matching paint schemes and interior designs, to present the same look and feel for customers—no matter which aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lee Ann Shay
Swaran Sidhu, easyJet’s head of fleet technical management, speaks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about the airline’s maintenance hangar in Berlin and managing the fleet during the pandemic in advance of his participation in the MRO Europe Conference on Oct. 19 in Amsterdam.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Phil Wardlaw, Virgin Atlantic’s VP engineering & maintenance, a speaker at the upcoming MRO Europe in Amsterdam, speaks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about what Virgin’s new A350 seats and the opening of transatlantic travel means to th
MRO