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.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
Bob Briggs has flown dozens of flights transporting seriously ill patients at no charge from hospitals around the country. For his efforts, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic named him Pilot of the Year for the second time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The awards, combined with prior rounds of funding announced in September and November 2021, bring the total to $673 million to protect jobs at 593 U.S. companies,
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
The in-service business aviation fleet in Asia is projected to grow from 1,600 aircraft in 2022 to more than 1,800 by the end of 2031, a 1.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to Aviation Week Network forecasts.
Singapore Airshow