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
Eric Martel, president and CEO of Bombardier, speaks about ending production of the Learjet 75, what's next and what this means for Wichita.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Following cancellation of this year's edition of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), organizers of the in-person event have launched a virtual programming series called EBACE Connect to bring the business aviation industry together.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft manufacturers delivered 20% fewer aircraft in 2020, shipping a total of 624 new business jets and 220 new turboprops in 2020, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network Fleet & Data Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion