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.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
At the start of a fresh new year, leaders in the business aviation industry give their predictions for 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Increases in business jet production are expected to be muted in 2022, with manufacturers focusing on growth in order backlogs and pricing over volume, predicts Seth Seifman, executive director with J.P. Morgan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is adding 17 aircraft to its training fleet, including 10 new Cessna 172 Skyhawks with Garmin 1000 avionics, five new Cirrus SR20 aircraft and two Beechcraft Barons.
Maintenance & Training