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
Jack Pelton became chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association in 2012 and was named CEO in 2015. Pelton previously served as Cessna Aircraft Co
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation recorded a better-than expected first quarter with deliveries of 28 Citation jets, up by five from a year ago, and a $452 million jump in the value of its orderbook, bringing it to $2.1 billion.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
In a sign of the continued return of live events, the MRO Americas conference, held April 27-29, was sold out with more than 8,500 attendees. More than 75% opted for the in-person event with the remainder participating virtually.
MRO