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.

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Articles

By Molly McMillin
The crash of a Phenom 100 into three Maryland homes in 2014 is a good example of why the use of aircraft data recorders should be expanded to business aviation to enhance safety, NTSB member Robert Sumwalt said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Six aviation proponents are asking an appeals court to review the FAA’s agreement with Santa Monica, California, over the future of the city’s municipal airport.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The Teamsters Airline Division and Local 284 are contacting NetJets customers to publicize escalating labor disputes over subcontracting of maintenance and lower wages, union officials say.
Business Aviation