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
Bye Aerospace has begun assembly of its eFlyer 2, a two-seat all-electric aircraft, the Denver-based company reports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Russ Meyer, chairman emeritus of Cessna Aircraft, has partnered with his son, Russ Meyer III, a former Citation program manager, and former Cessna CEO Gary Hay to form CitationPartners, a program to revamp pre-owned Citation Excels into like-new condition at an affordable cost.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Flight crews must prepare and have a heightened awareness of security issues when they travel, especially when flying internationally. Here is a checklist of things to consider.
Safety, Ops & Regulation