Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 30-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for Aviation Week and editor-in-chief of the Business Aviation & AAM Report, an Aviation Week market intelligence product. 

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
The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has signed a purchase contract for 17 Cessna aircraft with Textron Aviation, including 11 Skyhawk 172S, five Skylane 182T and one Turbo Stationair HD T206HD aircraft.
Marketplace

By Molly McMillin
Leaders of 16 agricultural, business, rural and public health organizations are asking Congress to extend the same temporary fuel tax relief given to commercial aviation operators to noncommercial general aviation operators as well.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation flight activity in May regained one-third of its losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with flight activity rising 84% from April figures, according to Argus International.
Marketplace