Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita

Summary

Molly McMillin is managing editor of business aviation for Aviation Week and editor-in-chief of the Business Aviation & AAM Report, an Aviation Week market intelligence report. 

Before joining Aviation Week, Molly spent nearly 20 years at the Wichita Eagle, Kansas’ largest newspaper, where she served as senior aviation/aerospace reporter.

Molly became a private pilot in 2011, learning to fly in her dad's 1956 Piper Tri-Pacer. 

She has won multiple state and national journalism awards, including awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Heart of America and the Kansas Press Association. She was the recipient of the  2023 and the 2013 National Business Aviation Association’s Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence and was featured in a book on Kansas called Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers and Scientists.

A graduate of Wichita State University, Molly was selected the 2014 Outstanding Alumni at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
The business aircraft fleet is expected to grow from 32,000 aircraft at the end of 2018 to more than 36,500 by the end of 2027, a 1.5% annual growth rate, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery and 2017 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe rose 3% year-over-year in September to 79,280 flights, although traffic remained 4.4% behind the pre-crisis peak in September 2008, according to WingX’s Business Aviation Monitor.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas Oct. 1, the NBAA is working with law enforcement to help ensure participants at its upcoming convention and exhibition there will be safe and secure.
Business Aviation