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
The clean-sheet high-wing aircraft was designed by the company with input from FedEx, which has 50 on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of pre-owned business jets on the market has reached the lowest level since records began in the 1980s, with 4.65% of the world’s fleet up for sale, according to private jet broker Colibri Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Fractional provider Flexjet continues to expand in Europe with the awarding of an Air Operator Certificate for Malta.
Safety, Ops & Regulation