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
Business and general aviation avionics sales fell 33.4% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, while sales during the first nine months of 2020 have fallen 27%, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) 2020 Avionics Market Report.
Flight Deck

By Molly McMillin
Textron, parent company to Textron Aviation, Bell and other subsidiaries, has rejected a “purported” tender offer from London-based Xcalibur Aerospace to acquire Textron common stock, the company says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Manufacturers are expected to deliver 6,376 new civil and commercial helicopters worth $30.4 billion at retail prices from 2021 through 2030, while the worldwide fleet is projected to expand at a 1.4% compound annual growth rate, according to Aviation Week Network’s new 2021 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Aircraft & Propulsion