Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 30-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for Aviation Week and editor-in-chief of the Business Aviation & AAM Report, an Aviation Week market intelligence product. 

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
Private aviation received a boost after restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown were lifted, with business aviation flight activity up 45% year over year and increases in the sale of pre-owned aircraft leading to record-low inventory.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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