William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.

Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.

An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

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Articles

William Garvey
Unloved and abandoned by its creator, the outcast Hawker 4000 (see photo at right below) is being embraced as a valued member by at least one adoptive family. Talon Air, an aircraft management and charter operator, now has nine of the super-midsize twins on its FAR135 certificate. Since only 69 of the big Hawkers were built before its manufacturer halted production and went through a bankruptcy that included cancelling their owners' warranties, Talon Air's fleet is by far the largest. And it is delighted with that distinction.
Business Aviation

William Garvey
Birthplace of the iPhone, e-ticket and McDonald's, California has another first: a fly-all-you-want membership airline. Following a tsunami of pre-launch publicity, Surf Air began operations in June.
Business Aviation

William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno
Has the ascent finally begun? The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reports that during the first half of 2013 the industry shipped 1,014 new aircraft new aircraft, an increase of nearly 9% over the same period a year earlier. Total billing of $10.4 billion was up a whopping 26%, the first since 2008 that airplane revenues exceeded $10 billion at the halfway mark. Deliveries and dollars were up in all categories with the notable exception of business jets, whose numbers slipped from 295 in 2012, to 283 this year, and revenue dropped by 4%.
Business Aviation
William Garvey