Mark Pilling

Managing Editor, Arabian Aerospace, African Aerospace & Show Business

London

Summary

Mark Pilling is a journalist, editor and publisher who has been covering the global airline and aviation industry for more than 25 years.

He is Managing Editor of Aviation Week Network titles Arabian Aerospace and African Aerospace as well as Show Business, which is published at leading aviation events. He also leads Times Aerospace TV and is a conference director for the Aviation African and Aviation India events.

In the 1990s and 2000s he was the editor of several leading industry titles, including Airline Business, Airports International and Airport World. He went on to become publisher of the FlightGlobal aviation brands, featuring flightglobal.com, Flight International and Flight Daily News, and helped establish FlightGlobal—now Cirium—as a leading aviation data and information business.

Mark is a frequent moderator for events run by Airports Council International, IATA, Aviation Services Association and Farnborough International.

Articles

By Mark Pilling
How is Boeing going about regaining sales momentum in Africa and rebuilding the firm’s reputation? Anbessie Yitbarek, Boeing’s head of sales in Africa, talks to African Aerospace’s Mark Pilling.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Pilling
The 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show in late June only saw modest orders placed, with Saudi Arabian firms to the fore.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Pilling
IATA held its 81st annual general meeting and air transport summit in New Delhi from June 1-3, for the first time in 42 years.
Airlines & Lessors