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.
The International Aviation Group (IAG) launched its third Hangar 51 accelerator program this week by embedding 10 start-ups within British Airways, IAG Cargo and Avios, its reward currency program. “Hangar 51 has a unique approach of bringing the start-ups to the heart of our business and harnessing their potential to transform the future of travel,” says an IAG spokesperson.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) wants to stay within the EASA system after the UK exits the European Union (Brexit) but given that the UK government hasn’t determined how it will exit, CAA is preparing for a Hard Brexit, a scenario where no mutually beneficial deal is reached.
