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Michael Bruno

Executive Editor, Business

Washington, DC

Summary

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense business issues, and is editor in chief of Aviation Week Executive Intelligence newsletters. Beyond reporting, Bruno helps organize related Aviation Week conferences, hosts podcasts and webinars, and speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on industry issues. Since joining Aviation Week in 2005, he has won several Jesse H. Neal and Aerospace Media awards. He has a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University.

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Articles

By Michael Bruno
Shareholders and analysts are viewing major aluminum producer Alcoa’s $2.85 billion acquisition deal to buy the parent company of Firth Rixson, a leading provider of rings and forgings for aircraft engines, as positive not just for those companies, but even rival Precision Castparts. “Alcoa’s bullish prognosis on the aerospace outlook, particularly in engine parts, has a direct read-across to Precision Castparts’s competing businesses

By Michael Bruno
Commercial jet engine component providers could be the next sector in line to experience a significant roll-up regarding mergers and acquisitions

By Michael Bruno
The global in-flight connectivity market is expected to grow in the coming decade with more than 12,900 commercial and 24,000 business aircraft providing the benefit to passengers by 2023, consulting group Euroconsult said. Total revenue from passenger connectivity services is expected rise from $440 million in 2013 to $2.1 billion by 2023. Along with the growth in installation, both the take-up rate and average revenue per user are expected to improve.