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
Cathay Pacific Airways is retiring its Airbus A340 fleet, including four this year, as part of its modernization plan.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
What was the purpose of Vanity Fair’s December issue article blasting outsourced maintenance? Is it a propaganda tool?
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
With 9,900 aircraft forecast to retire in the next decade, nontraditional players are chasing the disassembly market.
MRO