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
Thomas Flohr, founder and chair of Vista Global, which operates VistaJet and XO, discusses the company's origin story, growth, visions for the future and more.
BCA Podcast

By Molly McMillin
Starting with aircraft now being delivered, Cirrus is adding Garmin’s Safe Return Emergency Autoland to all new SR Series G7+ aircraft as standard equipment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The Gulfstream G800 business jet will enter service with performance improvements that exceed projections, and pilot and maintenance training underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion