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
Business jet activity rose 57% compared to the same time a year ago and is up 19% compared to November 2019
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Pilots aged 70 and older are as safe and proficient as younger ones, but their insurance companies are dropping and canceling their policies or raising their premiums, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation’s new single-engine turboprop Beechcraft Denali, previously called the Cessna Denali, completed its first flight on the morning of Nov. 23, according to FlightAware and a Wichita observer who watched it land back at the company’s Wichita facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion