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
Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion’s sudden decision to cease operations of its AS2 program after 18 years of development reverberated across the
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Skyborne Airline Academy, the new owners of FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, has begun training its first 150 students there, officials say.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Millions of years ago when the Earth was warmer, alligators and crocodiles lived in Greenland. Should the Earth continue on its expected warming path, alligators could return to the Arctic and whether the Earth could feed its people would be in question, Anthony Patt, professor of climate policy at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, said during a European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Connect webinar.
Safety, Ops & Regulation