Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita, KS

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 30-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, 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
Textron Aviation is continuing to work on raising production rates as demand remains robust, despite war in Ukraine, a volatile stock market and inflation, its top executive says.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
After increasing 26% in 2021, pre-owned business jet transactions are projected to decline in 2022 due to inventory shortages before growing again the following year, according to a just-released five-year forecast by Global Jet Capital.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion